Myanmar quake: at least 12 feared dead

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At least 12 are feared dead and dozens more injured as a result of a 6.8-magnitude quake that struck Myanmar Sunday, November 11. In the early hours of Monday, a second quake of 5.6-magnitude struck again. The strong quake caused a bridge under construction to collapse. It was located in Shwebo, close to the epicenter. In Mandalay, the second biggest city, residents rushed out of their homes, terrified. Six workers of a goldmine that collapsed died. Five construction workers who had been working on the Radana Thinga bridge in Shwebo were missing after “a huge steel beam fell into the river,” the BBC reported. A woman died when after a house collapsed. Earthquakes are quite common in Myanmar. The last strong one hit in March 2011, which left at least 75 dead.

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