At least 10 deaths were reported in neighbouring Thailand.
Six hundred and ninety-four persons died and 1,670 others were injured in Myanmar following a strong earthquake on Friday, AFP quoted the country’s military government as saying.
The earthquake struck near central Myanmar’s Mandalay city on Friday morning. Mandalay is the country’s second-largest city by population.
The earthquake of magnitude 7.5 took place at 11.50 am local time, according to India’s National Center for Seismology. A second quake, an aftershock, measuring 7.0 struck, at 12.02 pm, the centre said. The United States Geological Survey said the magnitude of the first quake was 7.7 and the second was 6.4.
Both quakes were shallow with a depth of 10 km.
