A total of 1,007 people were killed, 2,389 injured and 30 missing in a deadly earthquake in Myanmar’s Mandalay region as of Saturday afternoon, according to the Information Team of Myanmar’s State Administration Council.
The magnitude-7.7 earthquake toppled buildings and caused widespread infrastructure damage, local authorities reported.
Much of the devastation occurred in Myanmar’s second-largest city, Mandalay, which lies near the epicenter of the quake that struck at lunchtime, followed by a powerful aftershock and several more moderate ones.
The quake was also felt in Thailand, China, and Laos.
