Powerful earthquake strikes central Myanmar

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Central Myanmar took a strong earthquake on Friday evening, causing buildings that were evacuated hundreds of miles in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand.

The epicenter of the magnitude 7.7 earthquake was out of Mandala, the second largest city of Myanmar – 1.5 ml. The second earthquake was registered 12 minutes later with a magnitude of 6.4.

In the social media, the paintings showed buildings in Mandalay, the country’s historical royal capital and lowered for rudeness.

Bangkok, who is home to 17 million people, is more than 600 miles from the earthquake.

There was no immediate information on the number of quantities of victims.

This is a developing story.