Name: 7.7 Magnitude Earthquake Devastates Myanmar & Thailand | Thousands Dead, Major Destruction
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A 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar and neighbouring Thailand on Friday, killing at least 1,000 people and injuring thousands more.

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The shallow earthquake, which occurred at a depth of 10 kilometres, was centred near the city of Sagaen, north-west of Myanmar's second largest city of Mandalay.

Moments after the initial quake, a 6.4 magnitude aftershock rattled the area.

At first, I didn't realise it was an earthquake.

But then I saw the table shaking, and the chair and the computer started swaying too.

I only knew for sure when I heard the noise of the cracking walls and cracking glass.

I could not go home either, because my place is a condo too.

At least 1,000 people are dead, and nearly 3,000 people are injured in Myanmar.

At least 10 deaths were reported from Thailand.

Iconic landmarks, including parts of the former royal palace, suffered damages.

Rescue operations were ongoing at Piaget Taigon, where a construction site collapsed, trapping at least eight people.

People could be seen crowding on the streets, with many escaping a near-death experience.

Yesterday I heard the building collapsed.

I was worried about my sister, and I was trying to call her, but there was no signal.

Their colleague called and said she can't find my mom and my sister, who were with her on the fifth floor.

I heard rescuers sent 20 workers to hospital, but I don't know who are they, or if my friends and brother are among them.

I hope my brother and friends are in the hospital.

In the town of Changu, a mosque partially crumbled, killing at least three people.

Myanmar's military-run government declared a state of emergency in six states and regions, as search and rescue teams scrambled to reach affected areas.

The most earthquake-hit areas, Sagging Division, Mandalay, Magway, the eastern part of San State, Nayfideo and Pago, have announced a state of emergency due to national disaster, according to the Disaster Management Committee.

Just across the border in Thailand, the tremors sent shockwaves through Bangkok.

In a harrowing incident, a 30-storey building under construction collapsed, trapping more than 50 workers beneath the rubble.

Bangkok has been declared a disaster zone.

A video from the Chatuchak district showed rescue workers scaring at least two victims near the site of a collapsed skyscraper that was under construction.

The earthquake has raised questions about the region's seismic history as well.

Myanmar sits along the highly active Sagaen Fault, a boundary between two massive tectonic plates.

This fault has been the source of destructive quakes in the past, including a devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake in 1946 and a 6.8 magnitude quake in 2012.

The earthquake in Myanmar was triggered by its location along the highly active Sagaen Fault, a major tectonic boundary between the Indian Plate and the Burma Micro Plate.

Spanning 1,200 kilometres, the fault is a right lateral transform fault where the landmass on either side moves horizontally past each other.

Over time, stress accumulates along the fault and when it surpasses the strength of the surrounding rocks, it is released suddenly as an earthquake like the one that struck on Friday.

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has condoled the death and destruction.

About 15 tonnes of relief material sent from India has landed in Yangon.

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