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TACHILEK, MYANMAR — Aftershocks continued here Friday and residents camped out on streets and in parks, praying at makeshift shrines after a major earthquake the night before killed at least 70 people, injured hundreds more and shattered hundreds of buildings.
The tremors were also felt in neighboring Thailand and Laos, whose borders meet at Myanmar to form the Golden Triangle, as well as in southern China, in Vietnam and in Myanmar’s main city, Yangon, hundreds of kilometers away.
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The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake, with a 6.8 magnitude, was just 10 kilometers deep, meaning that severe shaking could have caused major damage to buildings in a wide area. The agency also reported a quake of 4.8 magnitude about a half-hour later.
Across the border from Tachilek, in the Thai town of Mae Sai, officials said one woman had been killed in her sleep when a wall collapsed. Although buildings shook in Mae Sai and residents fled to the safety of the streets, officials said no major damage had been reported. Many tourists in nearby Chiang Mai also spent much of the night outdoors.
Soraida Salwala, founder of Friends of the Asian Elephants, said elephants at her center in Lampang, Thailand, became restless and tugged at their chains shortly before the earthquake struck.
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