Two earthquakes were reported to have originated in Xayaboury province of Laos yesterday. There were no reports of serious damage but the tremors were felt in Thailand's neighbouring Nan province.
The Laotiane Times reported that the Lao National Earthquake Data Centre first detected the two earthquakes which were felt as far away as Vientiane.
The first tremor measured 3.5 on the Richter scale and struck at 4.02am, from a depth of 10 kilometres, near Sala village in Saysathan district, Xayaboury province.
The second quake, with a magnitude of 5.8, occurred at 4.06am near Houay Salad village, also in Saysathan district, about 10km underground.
Both villages are far from major populated areas and no serious damage has been reported.
The area is about 20km southeast of Ban Nam Chang in tambon Khun Nan of Nan's Chalerm Phra Kiat district, and tremors were clearly felt on the Thai side of the border.
Teams were sent to examine sites in the province prone to earthquake damage.
At Wat Phumin, which is 425 years old, in Muang district, they found new cracks in the main Buddha image, in addition to those left by a 2019 quake.