People swept away by rooftop pool water during earthquake

Shocking footage shows the moment people are washed away by a rooftop infinity pool during deadly 7.7 magnitude earthquake

A chilling video has emerged from China’s Yunnan province following a powerful earthquake that struck Myanmar on Friday.

The devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake sent shockwaves across the region, with countries such as Thailand and China feeling the effects.

CCTV footage captured the dramatic moment tremors caused a rooftop pool on a high-rise building to collapse, sending a huge wave of water onto the streets below.

Moments before street in China is flooded by rooftop pool waves. Picture: X/BnoDesk

Horrified people run for their lives as pool water collapses from high-rise. Picture: X/BnoDesk

Terrified pedestrians can be seen frantically running for their lives as the pool water completely sweeps them off their feet.

The catastrophic effects of the earthquake have been laid bare as harrowing footage continues to emerge.

Rescue workers watch as heavy machinery clears the rubble at the site of an under-construction building collapse in Bangkok. Picture: Manan Vatsyayana / AFP

The shallow tremor struck central Myanmar at1.20pm local time (4.50pm AEST), and was followed minutes later by a strong 6.4-magnitude aftershock.

While the quake’s epicentre was in Myanmar, the first reports of casualties came from the Thai capital, Bangkok.

More horrifying social media footage shows water sloshing and spilling from rooftop swimming pools in Bangkok.

Conjoined buildings break apart as earthquake hits Bangkok. Picture: Instagram/world_climat_news

Water floods the streets as it falls from high-rise in Bangkok. Instagram/world_climat_news

A separate video shows the gut-wrenching destruction caused by the wave as rubble and debris lines the street.

Further footage from China’s Yunnan Province shows terrified nurses at a maternity centre heroically protecting newborn babies during the quake.

“It’s okay, it’s okay,” a nurse is seen telling one of the crying babies, shielding them with her body while another desperately holds onto cots.

Horrifying footage shows extent of destruction after water fell from infinity pool. Picture: X/yangyubin1998

More heart-stopping footage has come out of the quake showing the moment a swimmer was almost swept-off a rooftop in Bangkok.

The footage shows a couple lounging on a floatie in a pool perched at the edge of a high-rise building in the Thai capital, with another man relaxing on a sun lounger nearby.

But their afternoon dip soon turned into a terrifying ordeal as the building began to shake, sending huge waves crashing across the pool deck, The Sun reported.

At the first tremor, the couple lurch out of the floatie, looking visibly confused.

A couple was seen chilling in the pool at a high-rise building in Bangkok before they were almost swept-off during the earthquake.

Seconds later, the shaking intensifies, and the luxury pool suddenly becomes tidal waves.

The pair scramble to escape as gallons of water slosh violently across the rooftop, with one swimmer nearly swept off the edge.

Nurse heroically clutches newborn as termors hit China. Picture: X/XHNews

Nurses shield babies at maternity hospital as objects fall around them. Picture: CNN

They’re seen clinging on and struggling to stay upright as the tower shakes beneath them.

Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt declared the capital a “disaster area” and said rescue efforts were underway at three construction sites, including the fallen skyscraper.

Shaken residents of Myanmar have spoken of the “smell of dead bodies filling the air”, reported Al Jazeera.

“At this point, more bodies are being recovered than survivors,” said one local.

The death toll has surpassed 1,700 as rescuers race against the clock to save “countless survivors” who are buried under rubble.