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Strong earthquake in central Myanmar, panic in Bangkok

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(Reuters) – An earthquake of magnitude 6.9 struck Myanmar, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said on Friday, while hundreds of people poured out of buildings in the Thai capital Bangkok after the tremors.

There was no immediate word from Myanmar on damage after the quake, which GFZ said was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles) with the epicentre near the city of Mandalay.

Witnesses in Bangkok said people ran out onto the streets in panic and water splashed out of swimming pools.

(Reporting by Devika Nair in Bengaluru and Devjyot Ghoshal in Bangkok; Writing by Raju Gopalakrishnan, Editing by Himani Sarkar)

Disclaimer: This report is auto generated from the Reuters news service. ThePrint holds no responsibility for its content.

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