Breaking News – Magnitude-7.7 earthquake hits Myanmar, with tremors felt across neighboring Thailand
Three reported dead after partial collapse of Myanmar mosque
Three people have died after a mosque in Myanmar partially collapsed when a strong earthquake struck the Southeast Asian nation on Friday, Reuters reported.
The news agency spoke to two eyewitnesses in the town of Taungoo, in the central Bago region.
“We were saying prayers when the shaking started… Three died on the spot,” said one of the witnesses.
Myanmar junta declares “emergency situation” in quake-hit Mandalay, and military-built capital Naypyidaw
Myanmar’s military chief Min Aung Hlaing arrives to meet earthquake survivors gathered in the compound of a hospital in Naypyidaw, Myanmar. Sai Aung Main/AFP/Getty Images
Myanmar’s junta has declared an “emergency situation” across a swathe of the center of the country, including in second city Mandalay and the isolated, military-built capital of Naypyidaw.
An “emergency situation” was declared in Sagaing, Mandalay, Bago and Magway regions as well as eastern Shan state.
Also included was the military-built capital Naypyidaw, which is home to the junta’s top leadership.
Many high-rise buildings damaged in Thai capital, Bangkok governor says
A crack is seen on a building in Bangkok, Thailand, after an earthquake struck central Myanmar. Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters
A strong earthquake that hit Myanmar has damaged many high-rise buildings in the Thai capital Bangkok, its governor said on Friday, according to Reuters.
Chadchart Sittipunt said the number of buildings damaged was not yet known and inspections were underway. He urged people to be cautious, said the news agency.
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One person was killed and 50 others were injured after a building collapsed in Thailand’s capital of Bangkok, according to Thai authorities. An unknown number of people are trapped.
The building, which appeared to be under construction, was reduced to rubble in seconds.
Emergency personnel work near the site of the collapsed building. Ann Wang/Reuters
Unknown number of people trapped after Bangkok building collapse
An unknown number of people remain trapped under the rubble following the collapse of a tower in Bangkok, according to Thai authorities.
The under-construction building came down on Friday after a 7.7-magnitude quake rocked the region.
One person has died and 50 others were injured in the collapse, Bangkok’s National Institute for Emergency Medicine (NIEM) said.
Source: CNN
