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Planet Ark World Environment News - in partnership with Colonial First State Quake Hits Myanmar, no Damage - Thai Official

Date: 15-May-06
Country: THAILAND

The quake struck at 1727 GMT on Thursday, or just before midnight Myanmar time, about 230 km (140 miles) northwest of Mandalay, the Hong Kong Observatory said earlier.

A spokesman for Thailand's Meteorological Dept. said the tremors hit 162 km south of Imphal on the Myanmar-India border.

"No damage or casualties have been reported so far," the spokesman told Reuters.

The former Burma's thinly populated northeastern and northwestern regions are quake-prone.

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