A robust earthquake struck close to Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-largest metropolis, on Friday, damaging or collapsing bridges and buildings throughout a swath of Southeast Asia, killing a minimum of 20 individuals in Myanmar and injuring a whole lot of others.
The 7.7-magnitude quake struck simply earlier than 1 p.m. native time, and a robust, 6.4-magnitude aftershock adopted 11 minutes later. The shaking was felt in southern China and Vietnam and as far-off as Bangkok, Thailand’s capital, the place a 30-story skyscraper below building collapsed, killing a minimum of three individuals.
Particulars of casualties and harm in Myanmar, which has been ravaged by a four-year-long civil struggle, weren’t instantly clear. In Bangkok, individuals flooded into the streets out of worry of aftershocks, site visitors was at a standstill, and movies captured water surging from the rooftop swimming pools of accommodations and residential towers.
