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Evening Standard
National
Bill Bowkett

British tourists tell of terrifying moment deadly earthquake hit Thailand: 'It was chaos'

A British tourist in Thailand’s capital Bangkok has relived the terrifying moment a deadly 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit the country and neighbouring Myanmar, sending people into “horrendous” panic.

Paul Vincent, who is visiting Bangkok from England, was at a streetside bar when the quake struck at lunch time on Friday local time, prompting evacuations across the city.

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