When the ground beneath your feet turns into jelly, even if only for seconds, it’s bound to send tremors down your spine. That was precisely the experience for residents across large swaths of Chiang Rai as an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 shook the region. The tremor’s epicenter was detected yesterday at 3:06 pm, nestled deep within the seismic folds of neighboring Myanmar – a mere 10 kilometers underneath the earth’s crust and strategically positioned about 132 kilometers to the northeast of Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai district. The Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) was kept on its toes, with Deputy Director General Natthawut Dandee confirming the ground-shaking event that had most certainly jolted more than just the office desks. From Mae Chan to Wiang Chai, the Earthquake Observation Division noted widespread reports of jittery walls and quivering computer screens – a sensory symphony playing out across the region’s districts. Picture…
