Satellite images show the destruction in Myanmar after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake rocked the country killing more than 1,600 people.

The earthquake leaves over 1,700 dead. "All temples and pagodas have collapsed," says a Mandalay resident, the country's second-largest city and the most devastated by the earthquake. In the heart of Myanmar,

Emergency aid has streamed into Southeast Asia in the two days since a massive earthquake struck Myanmar and Thailand.

When Friday's powerful earthquake struck central Myanmar, Htet Min Oo was performing ritual ablutions before Ramadan prayers at a mosque next to his house in Mandalay.

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.

Covered in dust and resembling a Buddhist statue, the face of a dead monk emerges from the rubble of a religious examination hall in Mandalay flattened by Myanmar's devastating earthquake. A rescue worker gently brushes some of the grey powder off the face before covering it respectfully with a fan.

A strong magnitude -7.7 earthquake has hit central Myanmar. The epicentre was located 16km (10 miles) north-west of the city of Sagaing at a depth of 10km. Strong tremors extended into Thailand and Yunnan in south-west China.

The military-led regime has been weakened by a yearslong civil war. Now millions are counting on it to allow emergency aid.