The death toll in the earthquake of Myanmar (formerly Burma), which took place on Thursday has now reached at least 120 dead, hospital officials said the Red Cross in China to the U.S. magazine 'Time'; also a hundred people have been injured The earthquake was magnitude 6.8 and struck the peninsula of Indochina. Most fatalities have occurred in Myanmar.
These provisional figures could rise in the coming hours as the affected area, very mountainous, it is very difficult to access, the notorious Golden Triangle, the border between Myanmar, Thailand and Laos. One of the most affected municipalities of the country has been to Tarlay and Lin, whose inhabitants had already been in shock Thursday afternoon and several localities between the towns of Tachilek and Kengtung.
Also in Myanmar, more than two dozen people have been injured, as explained by a responsible country that prefers to remain anonymous. "Five monasteries and more than 130 buildings have been destroyed, "said the source.
The other victim posted so far been recorded in Thailand. This is a 52 year old woman who died after a wall of his home in Mae Sai district, near the border-has collapsed, according to local police account. The earthquake's epicenter was located near the border with Thailand and Laos, 90 kilometers north of Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai 235, according to the American Geophysical Institute (USGS).
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