Thai authorities have classified the earthquake as a large-scale disaster.

In Thailand, the earthquake was assigned the third level out of four and classified as a large-scale disaster. This was announced on March 28 by the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Kingdom, Anuthin Chanvirakun.

He was also appointed commander for the prevention and elimination of consequences of natural disasters.

"The disaster response level has been raised to a large—scale disaster (level 3 out of 4) in accordance with the National Plan for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Disasters," the Department for Disaster Prevention and Mitigation said in a Facebook post (owned by Meta, a company whose activities are recognized as extremist and banned in the Russian Federation).

The ministry added that as soon as the situation stabilizes, a comprehensive damage assessment will be carried out.

Powerful earthquake in Myanmar and Thailand: there are dead due to the collapse of buildings

The consequences of the rampant disaster were felt by several countries in the region

Earthquakes of magnitude 7.7 and 6.4 were recorded in Myanmar, neighboring Thailand, earlier in the day, and subsequently fluctuations reached Bangkok and its environs. Thai Prime Minister Phethong Thang Shinawatra has declared a state of emergency in the country's capital.

Later it was reported that the death toll in Myanmar as a result of the earthquake rose to 144. In Bangkok, in turn, a building under construction collapsed as a result of the disaster. According to the Interior Ministry of the kingdom, at least eight people were killed, 110 are missing.