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| Earthquake In Myanmar |
The Ministry of Commerce said in a statement on its website that the aid was extended to help Myanmar's disaster relief efforts and post-quake reconstruction.
Relief operations were launched Saturday extensively in the northeastern part of the country after a 7.0-magnitude quake killed at least 74 people and injured 111 with the toll still rising, according to Myanmar state-run media.
The 7.0-magnitude earthquake at 8.25 p.m. local time (1355 GMT) was centered near the village of Loi Mwe in Shan state of Myanmar, about 89 kilometers (55 miles) north of Chiang Rai in Thailand and 168 kilometers (104 miles) south-southwest of Yunjinghong in China. It struck about 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) deep, making it a shallow earthquake, according to the Myanmar Department of Meteorology and Hydrology (DMH).
The extent of the damage and casualties was still unclear on Friday afternoon, but state-run media reported that a total of 224 houses, six apartment blocks, 11 monasteries and nine government buildings were destroyed.
Thursday's earthquake was the first significant earthquake to have hit the country since September 21, 2003 when a 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar. The earthquake caused no fatalities.
Sources: http://channel6newsonline.com
