Friday, March 25, 2011
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The Associated Press
YANGON, MYANMAR—A strong earthquake that toppled homes in northeastern Burma has killed more than 40 people, and there were fears Friday the toll would mount as conditions in more remote areas became known.
The Thursday night quake, measured at a magnitude 6.8 by the U.S. Geological Survey, was centred just north of the town Tachileik in the mountains along the Thai border, but was felt hundreds of kilometres away in the Thai capital Bangkok and Vietnamese capital Hanoi.
Burma state radio announced Friday that 41 people had been killed and 48 injured in the quake. It said 244 houses, 14 Buddhist monasteries and nine government buildings were damaged.
An official from the U.N.'s World Food Program said there were many casualties and serious damage in Mong Lin village, eight kilometres from Tachileik. State radio said 29 were killed there and 16 injured.
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