7.7-magnitude earthquake hits Myanmar and Thailand; at least 144 dead, Myanmar junta says

BREAKING NEWS: Death toll in Myanmar quake rises to 144, over 700 injured: junta

BREAKING NEWS: Death toll in Myanmar quake rises to 144, over 700 injured: junta ==Kyodo

Massive quake kills more than 150 in Myanmar, Thailand

A huge earthquake hit Myanmar and Thailand on Friday, killing more than 150 people and injuring hundreds, with dozens trapped in collapsed buildings and the death toll expected to rise.

Powerful earthquake rocks Myanmar and Thailand; more than 150 people dead

A powerful earthquake has rocked Myanmar and neighboring Thailand, killing at least 150 people, mostly in Myanmar, where a bridge and a dam collapsed.

Myanmar has been hit by a powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7 at a depth of ten kilometers. Information from the country, ruled by a military junta, is scarce. The earthquake in Myanmar killed 144 people and injured more than 730. Of these, at least 15 people died in the collapse of a mosque in the city of Mandalay in the central part of the country. A monastery collapsed in the city of Taungoo, killing five people. The earthquake was al…

Myanmar’s military junta makes rare plea for help after powerful earthquake kills scores with toll expected to rise

BANGKOK, Thailand -- A magnitude 7.7 earthquake hit the heart of war-ravaged Myanmar on Friday, triggering the collapse of buildings across the region leaving scores of people killed and the toll expected to rise.