The magnitude 7 earthquake struck eastern Burma on Thursday night, felt in the Indochinese peninsula and in China, has killed at least 25 dead, 24 in Burma, said a senior Burmese Friday morning. The human losses have been concentrated in the municipality of Tarlay, belonging to the town of Tachilek, where residents reported heavy shaking.
"In total, 24 people died," said the official, who also said more than 20 injured. "Five monasteries and 35 buildings collapsed," he added. 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 If, as an officer of the local police.
The epicenter of the quake, which occurred about 10 km deep, was located by the Geophysical Institute of the United States (USGS) near the borders with Thailand and Laos, 90 km north of Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai 235 km (northeastern Thailand). A resident of Tachilek said a strong aftershock just before 23:00 Thursday local (16:00 GMT).
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 ten 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 of Earthquake Tremor Control, Van Dinh Quoc, said the quake reached 5 on the Richter scale in Hanoi and 6 in the town of Dien Bien Phu, mountain town northwest of the country. China National Radio on Friday morning confirmed that the quake was felt in the Yunnan province (southwest) without reported casualties or damage.
On the other hand, caused cracks in houses and schools around the border region of Xishuangbanna, where people spent the night in the street, he said. The quake occurred 13 days after registration in Japan, which caused a devastating tsunami, with a balance of 27 000 dead and missing, according to the latest official figures, on Thursday.
Seismologists explained that the telluric shock occurred too far inside the earth that would cause a tsunami. 
"In total, 24 people died," said the official, who also said more than 20 injured. "Five monasteries and 35 buildings collapsed," he added. 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 If, as an officer of the local police.
The epicenter of the quake, which occurred about 10 km deep, was located by the Geophysical Institute of the United States (USGS) near the borders with Thailand and Laos, 90 km north of Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai 235 km (northeastern Thailand). A resident of Tachilek said a strong aftershock just before 23:00 Thursday local (16:00 GMT).
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 ten 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 of Earthquake Tremor Control, Van Dinh Quoc, said the quake reached 5 on the Richter scale in Hanoi and 6 in the town of Dien Bien Phu, mountain town northwest of the country. China National Radio on Friday morning confirmed that the quake was felt in the Yunnan province (southwest) without reported casualties or damage.
On the other hand, caused cracks in houses and schools around the border region of Xishuangbanna, where people spent the night in the street, he said. The quake occurred 13 days after registration in Japan, which caused a devastating tsunami, with a balance of 27 000 dead and missing, according to the latest official figures, on Thursday.
Seismologists explained that the telluric shock occurred too far inside the earth that would cause a tsunami.
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