Mar 25, 2011At least 25 people were killed and twenty injured in the strong earthquake that struck Myanmar near the Thai border last evening. Dozens of buildings were also destroyed in the Quake.
Tremors were felt as far away as Bangkok, almost 800 kilometres from the epicentre, Hanoi and parts of China. The US Geological Survey measured the quake at magnitude 6.8 on the richter scale.
A Myanmar official said many more casualties are feared in the town of Tarlay, close to the epicentre.
Five monasteries and 35 buildings collapsed in the town. The official confirmed that 10 men, a boy and 13 women had been killed in Myanmar when the quake struck.
Twenty people were injured in Tarlay in the district of Tachileik, the main road into the area was closed after being damaged in the quake. Across the border from Tachileik, Thai authorities said a 52-year-old woman was killed in Mae Sai district after a wall of her house collapsed.
Terrified residents across the region fled their homes, tall buildings swayed and hospitals and schools were evacuated during the tremors.
The quake had struck 90 kilometres north of Chiang Rai and 235 kilometres north-northeast of Chiang Mai, Thailand's second city and a popular tourist destination.
Its was epicenter close to the borders with Thailand and Laos. Thailand's also experienced six large aftershocks following the initial quake.
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