2007 Laos earthquake

2007 Laos earthquake

earthquake
title= 2007 Laos Earthquake
date= May 16, 2007



magnitude = 6.1 Mw
countries affected = Laos, Thailand
casualties = |
At 3.59 p.m. (local time) on May 16, 2007, the Laos Earthquake, a magnitude 6.1 earthquake with the epicentre at 20.5N, 100.8E [ [http://www.weather.gov.hk/gts/equake/eqpress_e/eqpress_e.20070516.1721.htm Hong Kong Observatory] ] , struck Laos and northern Thailand. Tremors was felt as far as Yunnan, People's Republic of China, [ [http://news.xinhuanet.com/society/2007-05/16/content_6110463.htm] [http://www.yn.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2007-05/17/content_10048182.htm] [http://www.yn.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2007-05/17/content_10048148.htm] [http://www.yn.xinhuanet.com/sms/2007-05/17/content_10050389.htm] ] Hanoi, Vietnam and Bangkok, Thailand. [ [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/BKK99645.htm Reuters: Laos earthquake shakes Bangkok skyscrapers] [http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/5/16/worldupdates/2007-05-16T170027Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-298485-3&sec=Worldupdates] [http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2007-05-16T170027Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-298485-3.xml] ]

Additional reading

16 May 2007 - Mw=6.3 Bane Mone, Laos, Earthquake [ [http://asc-india.org/lib/20070516-laos.htm ASC Special Event Page on the 16 May 2007 Mw=6.3 Ban Mone, Laos, Earthquake] ] - ASC India.

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