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Two hard-hit cities in Myanmar suffered extensive damage, with images from the capital, Naypyidaw, showing rescue crews pulling victims from the rubble of collapsed buildings.
From The Associated Press
Four more people have been pulled from rubble nearly 60 hours after a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar on Friday, killing at least 1,700 people in the south-east Asian country.
From BBC
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The 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit at midday Friday, causing widespread damage, including in the capital Naypitaw and the second largest city, Mandalay.
The quake killed at least three people in Bangkok and buried dozens when a high-rise building under construction collapsed.
A powerful earthquake rocked Thailand and neighboring Myanmar on Friday, killing at least eight people in Bangkok and burying dozens when a high-rise building under construction collapsed. At least 144 people were killed in Myanmar,
BANGKOK — A unilateral partial cease-fire to facilitate earthquake relief efforts was announced on Saturday by Myanmar’s shadow National Unity Government, which coordinates the popular struggle against the ruling military. The country’s death toll from the disaster soared to 1,644.