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BBC |
About 1,700 people have died in Myanmar, with thousands more injured, and those numbers are expected to rise.
AOL |
The death toll from a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar jumped to over 1,000 on Saturday as more bodies were pulled from the rubble of the scores of buildings that collapsed when it struck...
CBC.ca |
"We couldn't go in," she said. "The situation is very bad."
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A tremor of 2.5 or less usually cannot be felt, but can be detected by instruments. Quakes of up to five are felt and cause minor damage. The Myanmar earthquake at 7.7 is classified as major and usually causes serious damage, as it has in this instance.