A strong earthquake struck near Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-largest city, on Friday, damaging or collapsing bridges and buildings across a swath of Southeast Asia, killing nearly 150 people in Myanmar and injuring more than 700 others in just three cities, according to Myanmar’s military government.
The 7.7-magnitude quake struck just before 1 p.m. local time, and a strong, 6.4-magnitude aftershock followed 11 minutes later. The shaking was felt in southern China and Vietnam and as far away as Bangkok, Thailand’s capital, where a 30-story skyscraper under construction collapsed, killing at least seven people.
Details of casualties and damage in Myanmar, which has been ravaged by a four-year-long civil war, were not immediately clear. In Bangkok, people flooded into the streets out of fear of aftershocks, traffic was at a standstill, and videos captured water surging from the rooftop pools of hotels and residential towers.
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A multistory building collapsing in Mandalay near a clock tower that had already toppled over.
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Inspecting the debris of a collapsed building in Mandalay.
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An earthquake survivor waiting for care at a hospital in Naypyidaw, the capital.
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Evacuees from a nearby hospital waiting near a collapsed building in Mandalay.
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Damage along a road in Naypyidaw.
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A medical officer surrounded by the injured outside a hospital in Naypyidaw.
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Destroyed pagodas in Naypyidaw.
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The collapsed Ava Bridge near Mandalay.
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The compound of a hospital in Naypyidaw.
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The moment when a 30-story skyscraper that was under construction collapsed in Bangkok, killing at least three people.
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Many residents evacuated buildings in Bangkok.
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An injured man is rescued at a construction site in Bangkok where a building collapsed.
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Water cascading from the rooftop pool of a high-rise building shaken by the tremors.
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Gathering on a street in Bangkok after the earthquake.
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Dust covering the street after a building under construction collapsed in the Chatuchak area of Bangkok.
