The magnitude 6.8 quake that struck the east of Burma, felt throughout the Indochina Peninsula and China, has killed at least 60 dead and 90 wounded in the country, said a senior Burmese. "The toll rose to more than 60 people in the communes of Tarlay, Lin and Tachilek Mine," this official said on condition of anonymity.
"The roads are closed. According to our information more than 130 buildings collapsed, and fear a balance much more important because the moment you can not reach many areas. On the Thai side of the border, a 52 year old woman died after falling off the wall of his house in the district of Mae Si.
Previous balance was aware of at least 25 deaths. The epicenter of the quake, which occurred about 10 miles deep, was located by the Geophysical Institute of the United States (USGS) near the borders with Thailand and Laos. A resident of Tachilek said by telephone a strong aftershock. The USGS assessed this replica in 5.4.
The earthquake affected the entire Indochina Peninsula and southwest of China. The tremors were felt in tall buildings in Bangkok, while a resident of Chiang Mai said that she felt the shaking for 10 seconds, without producing damage. Naypyidaw, Burma's administrative capital, several hundred miles south, and Mandalay, the north, also shook.
In Vietnam, the deputy director of Department Tremor Control, Van Dinh Quoc, said the quake reached five on the Richter scale in Hanoi and six degrees in the city of Dien Bien Phu, the mountain town northwest of the country. China National Radio confirmed today that the quake was felt in the Yunnan province (southwest) without casualties or damage were brought to the closing of this edition. 
"The roads are closed. According to our information more than 130 buildings collapsed, and fear a balance much more important because the moment you can not reach many areas. On the Thai side of the border, a 52 year old woman died after falling off the wall of his house in the district of Mae Si.
Previous balance was aware of at least 25 deaths. The epicenter of the quake, which occurred about 10 miles deep, was located by the Geophysical Institute of the United States (USGS) near the borders with Thailand and Laos. A resident of Tachilek said by telephone a strong aftershock. The USGS assessed this replica in 5.4.
The earthquake affected the entire Indochina Peninsula and southwest of China. The tremors were felt in tall buildings in Bangkok, while a resident of Chiang Mai said that she felt the shaking for 10 seconds, without producing damage. Naypyidaw, Burma's administrative capital, several hundred miles south, and Mandalay, the north, also shook.
In Vietnam, the deputy director of Department Tremor Control, Van Dinh Quoc, said the quake reached five on the Richter scale in Hanoi and six degrees in the city of Dien Bien Phu, the mountain town northwest of the country. China National Radio confirmed today that the quake was felt in the Yunnan province (southwest) without casualties or damage were brought to the closing of this edition.
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