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Burma earthquake kills 12

At least 12 people are feared dead and dozens more injured in an earthquake which hit central Burma on Sunday.


The 6.8-magnitude quake struck some 70 miles north of the second-largest city of Mandalay.


The earthquake was felt as far away as Bangkok in neighbouring Thailand. A second quake, of 5.6 magnitude, struck the same region in the early hours of today (Monday November 12), according to the US Geological Survey.


There was no immediate information on whether the latest quake caused further deaths or major damage, the BBC reported. Save The Children told news agency AFP it had reports of 13 deaths across four sites in Burma, with some 40 people injured.


Residents in Mandalay described panic in the streets as they fled the shaking buildings. At least 75 people died when a powerful earthquake hit Burma near the borders with Laos and Thailand in March last year.

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