section_path: Domestic responses/Thailand
section_name: Thailand
paragraph_text: Thailand
  
  Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra cut short her attendance at a tourism conference in Phuket to return to Bangkok and held an emergency meeting on the disaster. She later visited the collapsed State Audit Office building site in Chatuchak and ordered the formation of a committee of experts to investigate the collapse within a week. She also announced that the royal family would place those injured by the earthquake under its patronage. The Ministry of Labour announced that it would provide up to two million baht in compensation for relatives of those who died in the State Audit Office building collapse and cover the treatment of those injured. At a meeting with Min Aung Hlaing on the sidelines of the Sixth BIMSTEC Summit in Bangkok on 4 April, Paetongtarn offered the use of Don Mueang Airport to transport international aid heading for Myanmar.
  
  Governor of Bangkok Chadchart Sittipunt declared a level 2 disaster area for the city, which was lifted on 31 March. He also ordered Lumphini, Benchasiri, Benjakitti and Chatuchak Parks to remain open overnight on 28 March to accommodate stranded and displaced people. Around 400 people took shelter in city parks overnight. The Ministry of Transport deployed additional public buses, while the management of Suvarnabhumi Airport implemented a temporary shuttle bus service to mitigate a shortage of taxis traveling to and from the airport. The Ministry of Education ordered a nationwide closure of schools. Mental health hotlines maintained by the Ministry of Health expanded its hotline services and received at least 1,598 following the earthquake. Pathum Thani and Phrae provinces were also declared as emergency disaster assistance zones. Criticism arose in Thailand over a delay in the dissemination of SMS warnings regarding the earthquake.
  
  On 30 March, Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said an investigation into the audit office building collapse was to be completed within a week. Anutin also added that Chinese disaster specialists would assist in the enquiry. The Anti-Corruption Organisation of Thailand, a government watchdog, found substandard steel rebars after gathering debris samples and performing an initial test. On 31 March 2025, reports of cracks and tremors prompted the evacuation of multiple buildings across Bangkok. While initially reported by some outlets as being due to aftershocks, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation confirmed that the aftershocks on 31 March were too weak to affect Thailand. Authorities later dismissed the scare as a false alarm, with city engineers stating that the reported cracks were not new and had appeared since 28 March. The Ministry of Health also warned against what it called "earthquake drunk" syndrome, a condition attributed to disruptions to balance that resulted in people having swaying or moving feelings following an earthquake.
  
  On 31 March, a minute of silence was held in the Senate of Thailand for the victims of the earthquake.