India, March 31 -- As a deadly 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar on Friday, over 1,000 km away from the epicenter, in Thailand's capital city of Bangkok, collapsed one 33-storey under construction high-rise building.

Thailand's deputy prime minister Anutin Charnvirakul, who visited the collapse site on Saturday, ordered a rapid investigation into the incident, stirring curiosity among many as to what went wrong with the skyscraper, which was being constructed by a joint venture that included a Chinese firm.

This 33-storey high-rise building, despite having been dotted with cranes, collapsed in the intense quake shake. So far, eight bodies have been recovered from the debris of the skyscraper.

Questions over how and why the skyscr...