Kon Plong District in Kon Tum Province (Photo: tuoitre.vn) |
The Institute of Geophysics forecast that Kon Tum will brace itself for more earthquakes in the coming days.
A 5.0 magnitude earthquake occurred at noon on Sunday in Kon Plong and caused tremors in neighboring localities. Many house walls cracked and authorities issued a level two disaster risk warning.
The earthquakes caused tremors in Hue, Da Nang, and Quang Nam, as well as the provinces of Ubon Ratchathani and Sakhon Nakhon in northeastern Thailand.