Thailand and Myanmar residents describe horror after earthquake

A resident of Myanmar's largest city Yangon tells the BBC tremors lasted around four minutes.

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A resident in Yangon, Myanmar's largest city, told the BBC the shakes were "quite intense" and lasted for around four minutes.

Speaking to the BBC World Service's Newsday programme, the man, who wished to stay anonymous for security reasons, described waking from a nap to the building shaking violently.

"It lasted around three to four minutes", he told the BBC, "I was receiving messages from friends and realising that it was not just in Yangon, but also many places across the country."

The tremors, felt across Thailand and as far as China, caused a 30-storey skyscraper to collapse in the Thai capital Bangkok, trapping 43 workers under the rubble.

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