The governor of Bangkok says authorities are investigating why a high-rise building under construction collapsed during an earthquake that otherwise caused limited damage in the Thai capital.

In the aftermath of the Myanmar earthquake that sent tremors as far as Bangkok, over 1,100 kilometers away, the Office of the Auditor General's building under construction collapsed

An anti-corruption watchdog had flagged to authorities irregularities it found in the construction of a Bangkok skyscraper before it collapsed in an earthquake last week, killing at least 12 people, the head of the group told Reuters.