Earthquake Strikes on Border of Thailand and Myanmar

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At 13:30 UTC on Friday 25th March 2011, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake occurred on the border of Thailand and Myanmar (formerly known as Burma). The tremours were felt in Hanoi and Bangkok.

World Vision staff were in Yangon at the time of the earthquake and reported damage to villages and the risk of landslides following the tremours.


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Myanmar (formerly Burma) is a Southeast Asian nation of more than 100 ethnic groups, bordering India, Bangladesh, China, Laos and Thailand. Yangon (formerly Rangoon), the country’s largest city, is home to bustling markets, numerous parks and lakes, and the towering, gilded Shwedagon Pagoda, which contains Buddhist relics and dates to the 6th century.

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