11 aftershocks happen Wednesday night
Meteorological Department Director-General Supalerk Tansriwattanawongse said Thursday that 11 aftershocks happened during Wednesday night.
He said the aftershocks were measured at 4.7 to 4.9 on the open Richter scale.
Giving an interview to Nation Channel Thursday morning, Supalerk said the aftershocks did not cause any damage and Thai people did not fell them.
He said his department was still monitoring the situation after the earthquake hit Laos and was felt in Thailand.
"We believe that there would be more aftershocks on Thursday but people would not feel them," the meteorological chief said.
"In fact a 5.3 Richter earthquake happened on May 15 at 9.30pm."
He said two quakes occurred on Wednesday. The first one measuring at 5.7 on the Richter scale took place at 3.56 pm and the second one measuring at 6.1 on the Richter scale struck at 3.57pm.
Earlier, announcements from the Meteorological Department caused public confusion on the magnitude of the quakes as it released two figures of the magnitude.
The Nation
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