The 7.7 magnitude quake, with an epicenter near Mandalay, Myanmar 's second largest city, struck at midday and was followed by a strong 6.4 magnitude aftershock.

A 7.7 magnitude earthquake shook Southeast Asia on Friday, causing widespread damage as it hit Myanmar with an epicenter near Mandalay, Myanmar 's second largest city, with tremors felt strongly across Thailand and also in China.

The quake shook a swath of Southeast Asia. Myanmar’s military government said 144 people were killed in just three cities. The U.S. Geological Survey estimated that the death toll was likely to surpass 1,

Damage is reported in Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city (which lies 600km away from the epicentre) and in Naypyidaw, the country’s capital. The control tower of that city’s airport has collapsed, according to Mary Callahan of the University of Washington.

Water from hotel pools falling like rain and new construction tumbling like a house of cards. All of this and more triggered by a 7.7 magnitude earthquake happening in Myanmar on Friday.

Aid workers delivered the first shipments of help to Myanmar, but will have to cross a country buckled by the disaster and divided by civil war, arms dealers and drug syndicates.

Charles says he and the Queen were shocked and saddened by the disaster, which has claimed at least 1,600 lives.

In the hours after a massive earthquake flattened buildings in Myanmar's Mandalay on Friday, survivors scrambled through the debris using their bare hands in desperate attempts to save those still trapped.

In a censored nation that runs on rumor and omens, people in Myanmar wonder whether the latest disaster might be a portent of regime change.

A powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Southeast Asia on Friday shook Myanmar and neighboring Thailand with estimates of potential deaths being as high as 100,000 people.

One person has died and 50 were injured in a building collapse in Bangkok. A 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit central Myanmar, with tremors felt across Thailand as well as nearby Chinese provinces.

Powerful earthquakes hit Myanmar and Thailand, killing dozens and trapping workers under the rubble of a toppled Bangkok skyscraper that was under construction.

A powerful earthquake rocked Myanmar and neighboring Thailand on Friday, destroying buildings, a bridge and a dam. At least 144 people were killed in Myanmar, where photos and video from two hard-hit cities showed extensive damage.

A dramatic video circulated on social media showed the multi-story building with a crane on top collapsing into a cloud of dust, while onlookers screamed and ran.

At least two people have been found dead and an unknown number remain buried in the rubble of a high-rise building under construction that collapsed in Bangkok.

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) confirmed the earthquake had hit 16 km (just under 10 miles) northwest of the city of Sagaing, with a second 6.4-magnitude earthquake hitting 18 km (around 11 miles) south of the city around 12 minutes later,

The 7.7 magnitude quake, with an epicenter near Mandalay, Myanmar's second largest city, struck at midday and was followed by a strong 6.4 magnitude aftershock.