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Magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes northeastern Myanmar
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March 24, 2011
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A magnitude 6.8 earthquake has struck the northeast of Myanmar, near the
borders of China and Thailand, according to the . The earthquake, which
was originally registered at mangnitude 7.0 occured at the rather
shallow depth of 10 km (6.2 miles) in a sparsely populated, remote area
in the northeast, striking about 89 km (55 miles) north of  at 13:55
UTC.

Tremors from the quake could be felt in  and . A second earthquake
occurred a half-hour later, which registered at a preliminary magnitude
of 4.8. One person has been killed in Chiang Rai by a roof collaspe. A
third quake occurred an hour and a half later and registered a
preliminary magnitude of 5.4.

No tsunami was formed or is expected to form as a result of the quake. A
bulletin from the  stated, "The earthquake is located too far inland and
too deep inside the earth to generate a tsunami in the Indian Ocean."

== Sources == 

* http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/24/myanmar.quake/index.html
* http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12852237
* http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc0002aes.php
* http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc0002afa.php
* http://ptwc.weather.gov/ptwc/text.php?id=indian.2011.03.24.140410
* http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc0002ahm.php



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