A powerful earthquake rocked Southeast Asia on Friday, killing several people, bringing down a skyscraper under construction in Bangkok and toppling buildings in neighbouring Myanmar, where the ruling ...

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An eyewitness account from an Irrawaddy reporter who traveled in and around Mandalay on the day of the March 28 quake and the ...

At least three people were killed in the town of Taungoo in Myanmar when a mosque partially collapsed, witnesses said, while local media reported that at least two people died and 20 were injured ...

IMAGE: A damaged building in Mandalay, Myanmar. Photograph: Reuters IMAGE: Rubble lies in front of a shop damaged by an earthquake in Taungoo, Myanmar. Photograph: Kyodo/via Reuters IMAGE ...

Observed at 18:30, Wednesday 16 April BBC Weather in association with MeteoGroup, external All times are Myanmar Time (Asia/Rangoon, GMT+6:30) unless otherwise stated.