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Burma earthquake kills 50, injures 40
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Posted: Mar 25, 2011 1:49 AM ET
Last Updated: Mar 25, 2011 2:57 AM ET

Patients at Chiang Rai hospital in northern Thailand are treated on the ground after they were evacuated from a hospital building following an earthquake centred in nearby Burma on Thursday night. Patients at Chiang Rai hospital in northern Thailand are treated on the ground after they were evacuated from a hospital building following an earthquake centred in nearby Burma on Thursday night. (Associated Press)

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At least 50 people died and 40 were injured when an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 hit northeastern Burma, also known as Myanmar, shaking buildings as far away as Bangkok.

More than 100 buildings were destroyed, a government official based in the town of Tachilek, near the epicentre of the quake, told Reuters news agency Friday.
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The earthquake struck at 8:25 p.m. local time Thursday near the Southeast Asian country's borders with Thailand and Laos, about 110 kilometres from the northern Thai city of Chiang Rai.

A woman in an area north of Chiang Rai, just four kilometres from the border, died when a brick wall collapsed on her, according to police Capt. Weerapon Samranjai.

Two earthquakes were initially reported with a 7.0 magnitude, but the U.S. Geological Survey soon amended its report to confirm one shallow quake, centred 10 kilometres below the surface of the earth.
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"Overall, the population in this region resides in structures that are highly vulnerable to earthquake shaking, though some resistant structures exist," said a report posted on the monitoring agency's website shortly after the quakes. "The predominant vulnerable building types are wood and unreinforced brick masonry construction."

The monitor said 600,000 people would have experienced shaking anywhere from strong to violent and moderate to very heavy damage is expected in homes.

A woman carries her grandson after an earthquake rattled Hanoi Thursday. The epicentre of the quake was in Burma but was felt in the Vietnam capital where people were evacuated from tall buildings. A woman carries her grandson after an earthquake rattled Hanoi Thursday. The epicentre of the quake was in Burma but was felt in the Vietnam capital where people were evacuated from tall buildings. Kham/ReutersThe agency also noted that the hilly area is prone to landslides when seismic activity occurs.

The USGC report said the nearest populated centre where shaking would have been felt strongly was Mae Sai, with a population of 28,000.

Witnesses also said people were evacuated from Hanoi after tremors hit the Vietnam capital.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said the earthquake was located too far inland to generate a destructive wave.

By comparison, the January 2010 earthquake that killed 230,000 people in Haiti was measured at 7.0; two earthquakes rattled Chile in February 2010 measured at 6.8 and 8.8; and the Japan earthquake on March 11 was a 9.0 magnitude event.yRest of your post