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Reuters |
The toll from Myanmar's earthquake continued to rise on Sunday, as foreign rescue teams and aid rushed into the impoverished country, where hospitals were overwhelmed and some communities scrambled t...
CNN |
More than 1,600 people are dead after what was the largest earthquake to hit the war-ravaged country in more than a century, authorities say.
BBC |
Four more people have been pulled from rubble nearly 60 hours after a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar on Friday, killing at least 1,700 people in the south-east Asian country.

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Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 jolts Myanmar
An earthquake of magnitude 4.6 jolted Myanmar on Sunday at 12:38 pm (IST), the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said.According to NCS, the earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 kilometres. The NCS said the earthquake was recorded at Latitude 32.
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