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Myanmar Hit by 6.8 Magnitude Earthquake

Categories: East Asia, Myanmar (Burma), Breaking News, Disaster

An earthquake with a magnitude 6.8 hit [1] the towns of Mandalay, Pyin Oo Lwin, Shwe Bo and Sagaing in Myanmar at 7:40 a.m (GMT+6:30). According to reports, 4 workers died and 25 were injured at the construction of a bridge [2][my] in Shwe Bo. The earthquake was the strongest to hit the country in the past 3 years.