Laois' James Conroy has been living in the city for a decade.
Recovery efforts continue in Myanmar after a man has been pulled out alive from the rubble of a hotel five days after a earthquake
The 7.7 magnitude earthquake happened on Friday with the death toll expected to go over 3,000 people.
Tremors were so powerful they were felt almost one thousand kilometers away in the Thai capital of Bangkok.
Laois' James Conroy has been living in the city for a decade and lives on the 28th floor of a 34 floor condo.
He's been describing the moment it hit the school that he is working in Thailand to Midlands 103's Sinead Hubble:
James also said various cracks from the force of the quake had formed in his 28th floor room:



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