Sinkholes emerge in northern Thai village following massive Myanmar quake
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Officials surveying a large sinkhole that emerged at a farm in Mae Hong Son province.
PHOTO: THE NATION/ASIA NEWS NETWORK
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BANGKOK – Six sinkholes have emerged at a small village in Mae Hong Son province in northern Thailand after the massive earthquake that devastated much of Myanmar on March 28.
The sinkholes – found in Ban Mae Surin village in Khun Yuam district – have diameters ranging from 2m to 30m.
They were clustered in a north-south direction along the active Mae Hong Son fault line, the authorities reported.
The soil in the sinkholes consists of clay mixed with sand, making the water accumulating inside appear murky.
The mouths of the sinkholes are conical in shape, suggesting that the soil layers have collapsed vertically into voids below.
The sinkholes were caused by seismic vibrations from the 7.7-magnitude Myanmar earthquake on March 28
The quake sent tremors as far as Hanoi, Vietnam.
In the Thai capital Bangkok, a skyscraper under construction collapsed, killing dozens of workers.
The authorities have advised those living near the sinkholes to put fences and warning signs around them. THE NATION/ASIA NEWS NETWORK
