section_path: Impact/In Thailand
section_name: In Thailand
paragraph_text: In Thailand
  
  All 103 fatalities in Thailand occurred in the Bangkok area. Most of the dead were reported in Chatuchak district while seven deaths occurred in other parts of the city. The earthquake was felt in 63 of Thailand's 77 provinces and damage was reported in 18 provinces, mostly in the north and around Bangkok.
  
  Ninety-six people, including seven unrecovered victims, died when an under-construction skyscraper collapsed. The collapsed building was a 33-story office tower being built for the State Audit Office in Chatuchak district. Early reports noted 68 who received medical attention. Among the dead were 10 migrant workers from Myanmar and one Cambodian national.
  
  A crane operator died and four people were injured when a crane collapsed at a construction site in the Bang Pho area, one construction worker was crushed by a falling concrete slab in Khan Na Yao District, and five people died trying to evacuate from tall buildings, including two later in hospital. Three people were injured when an elevator failed, and another crane collapse in Din Daeng injured four and damaged the Chaloem Maha Nakhon Expressway 's Din Daeng toll plaza, forcing its closure. At least 35 were injured around Bangkok and one person was injured in Nonthaburi province. Two sudden deaths, possibly from heart attacks, were also reported, in Nonthaburi and Samut Prakan provinces, though these have not been officially confirmed to be related to the earthquake.
  
  Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai described the shaking as unprecedented in Bangkok in the past 100 years. It caused marked swaying in high-rise buildings, triggering widespread panic among occupants, many of whom rushed to exit into the streets. Most buildings were evacuated, and public venues closed down. All rapid transit lines were suspended, and some roads were closed. Road traffic came to a stand-still, and remained severely congested into the night. After all other rapid transit lines reopened, the MRT Pink Line remained suspended as its power rail was dislocated in Min Buri district, Bangkok.
  
  Many high-rise buildings developed visible damage as a result of the earthquake. Sky bridges connecting three luxury high-rise apartment towers were severed by the tremor, causing debris to fall off while water spilled from the rooftop pools of the buildings, as well as many others. One fire incident was also reported, which was caused by a stove left unattended by fleeing residents. Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt stated that the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration 's reporting platform received over 14,430 reports of building damage, while it planned to inspect 700 structures across the city. He later urged the owners of 11,000 buildings across the capital to assess their property's safety. The interior ministry said that 3,375 government buildings had been affected by the earthquake nationwide, with 221 of them in sustaining moderate damage and 34 others in severe condition. The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration also said 70 schools in the capital sustained slight damage.
  
  Throughout the country, the Ministry of Public Health reported that 63 of its hospitals in 17 provinces were affected by the earthquake, with many temporarily evacuating patients. Several sustained damage, mostly in the form of wall cracks. Rajavithi Hospital in Bangkok moved patients out of its 25-storey building, housing them in a sports hall while the main building, which exhibited multiple cracks, awaited inspection. It later transferred 162 patients to other hospitals.
  
  In Chiang Mai, cracks appeared in several condominium buildings. Across the country, damage was reported from 591 houses, 55 temples, 86 hospitals, nine buildings, 52 schools and 25 government buildings in Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Phayao, Lamphun, Lampang, Mae Hong Son, Phrae, Nan, Phetchabun, Phitsanulok, Sukhothai, Ang Thong, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Pathum Thani, Nonthaburi, Samut Prakan, Samut Sakhon and Chai Nat provinces. Damage to religious and cultural sites was recorded in Lampang, Nan, and Chiang Mai provinces. Twenty 10-tonne (11-ton) concrete beams being installed for an elevated section of the new Den Chai–Chiang Rai–Chiang Khong railway also collapsed and crushed six vehicles in Chiang Rai province, without causing injuries. Six sinkholes were reported in Ban Mae Surin, a village in the Khun Yuam district of Mae Hong Son.