Rescuers search for survivors after deadly Myanmar quake

In Naypyidaw, Myanmar, rescuers are urgently searching for survivors following a 7.7-magnitude earthquake that has left over 1,600 people dead and caused extensive destruction, including collapsing buildings in Bangkok, Thailand. The epicenter was in Myanmar’s Sagaing region, with aftershocks continuing and the death toll expected to rise. Experts attribute the earthquake’s devastation to the shallow depth of its occurrence along the Sagaing fault, resulting in significant damage to buildings made of timber or unreinforced brick masonry.

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