A strong earthquake struck Myanmar on Wednesday night and was felt in
parts of eastern India and Bangladesh. There were no immediate reports
of injuries or damage. The magnitude-6.9 quake struck at a depth of 135
kilometers (84 miles), 396 kilometers (246 miles) north of Myanmar’s
capital, Naypyidaw, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Residents
in Myanmar’s main city of Yangon panicked after the quake struck, but
authorities there said there were no immediate reports of injuries or
damage. An Associated Press journalist who was in a hospital in Yangon
at the time of the quake said the seven-story building shook strongly
twice, for at least a minute. Many people in the hospital, including
patients, staff and visitors, ran out of the building and began calling
their loved ones. The quake, centered in the jungle and hills northwest
of Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-biggest city, was felt in the eastern
Indian states of Assam and West Bengal
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