Yangon, Mar 29 (UNI) The death toll from a powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Myanmar has risen sharply to over 1,000, with fears it could climb much higher, media reports said here on Saturday.
The quake, whose epicenter was near Mandalay, Myanmar's second largest city, devastated one of the world's poorest nations as it reverberated through the country and across Southeast Asia. It was followed 11 minutes later by a 6.7-magnitude aftershock, state-run MRTV reported.
In neighboring Thailand, at least 10 people have died and more than 100 are missing, many of them trapped in the debris of a 33-storey building in Bangkok.