Standing amid the rubble of a historic temple in Mandalay's ancient city of Inwa, a local guide and resident said on Sunday (April 6) that the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck Myanmar just ...

BANGKOK (AP) — The death toll in last week’s massive earthquake in Myanmar has passed 2,000, state media said Monday, as accounts of some people’s last moments emerged: Two hundred Buddhist ...

The death toll from Friday’s magnitude 7.7 earthquake is more than 2,000 in Myanmar and Thailand. Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua via AP Share A west suburban Buddhist temple is leading a fundraising effort ...

and the false posts have misrepresented footage of another temple. "Shwedagon Pagoda, the treasured pagoda in Myanmar, was seriously damaged. #Shwedagon #EarthquakeinMyanmar," reads a Thai ...

The epicenter was recorded in Myanmar’s central Sagaing region, near the former royal capital Mandalay, home to around 1.5 million people, as well as multiple historic temple complexes and palaces.

An AFP reporter confirmed the Shwedagon pagoda in the commercial hub Yangon has not been destroyed, and the false posts have misrepresented footage of another temple. "Shwedagon Pagoda, the treasured ...