Quake strikes Myanmar
Posted Mar 24, 2011 10:27:51 AM.
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YANGON, Myanmar – A U.S. monitoring agency says a 7.0-magnitude earthquake has hit northeastern Myanmar.
The quake struck Thursday night near the Southeast Asian country’s borders with Thailand and Laos, about 110 kilometres from the northern Thai city of Chiang Rai.
The U.S. Geological Survey says it struck at a depth of 230 kilometres which is exceptionally deep. But it could be felt as far away as Bangkok, where buildings swayed.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says it was located too far inland to generate a destructive wave.
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