(AP) - yangon, myanmar strong earthquake collapsed Bridges and damaged old stupa in northern myanmar, instant gratification no overall plan for a fundamental transformation owe developed mining area report said, mine collapsed, as many as 12 people were killed.
Burma's vice President MaoKe west Hong Kong academy of medicine visited the place of injury on Monday, and authorities to restore their search in the Kyaukmyaung over the Irrawaddy river near the bridge collapsed, for four missing workers.
Sunday morning magnitude 6.8 quake, left a slow release of official information of the actual degree of damage is not yet clear. Burma has a poor official relief system lost up disastrous hurricane, 2008 in 140000.
"We have been told directors, relief and placement department have seven people dead, 45 people were injured, late on Sunday night, the number may be fluctuation, and said:" ah XiaoKe Nigam company, the United Nations development program resident representative. He told the Associated Press, the United Nations agencies provides aid, but "is not a formal request has been made.
Burma's second largest city mandalay is the latest population center main earthquake, but caused no injuries or heavy losses. Mandalay is located in south of about 117 km (72 miles) of the near the epicenter Shwebo town, small towns in the area, the area of mining the mineral and the center of the gem is serious.
State media on Sunday evening news says, the damage, including 102, 21 religious buildings, 48 government offices and four schools of the Thabeikyin town. Gold-mining town is near the epicenter, have killed three people and injured 35.
Official statistics overall is six died, 64 injured, and independent establishment conforms to the said, about 10 people died.
Burma a met eireann officials say, 6.8 magnitude earthquake happened in 7:42, morning local time.
The United States geological institute report, late on Sunday, a 5.8 magnitude aftershock, but no further damage or casualties were reported.
State television remind people, aftershocks usually follow in a large earthquake, tell people away from the crack, them from the high wall, the old buildings and structures.
The biggest single report the number of dead at Sintku township of local administrative officials - Irrawaddy near the epicenter of the earthquake - who told the Associated Press said, six people died there, another 11 people were injured.
He said, some of the dead who were killed, a gold miners collapse. He did not wish to be named, speak, because local officials generally does not allow information released to the media.
The rumours in yangon, other mine collapse capture workers, but no reports can be confirmed.
According to the news report, several people death, is constructing the bridge across the Irrawaddy collapsed eastern Shwebo. Bridge is linked together, north of mandalay 65 kilometers (40 miles) Sintku town of Irrawaddy JiangDongAn, and on the west bank of the Kyaukmyaung.
Website weekly ten magazine, causing 4 people were killed and 25 injured Bridges, it is finished 80%, year-on-year decline. The local government announced killing two people, 16 people were injured. All of the victims were workers.
However, a Shwebo police, also do not wish to be named, speech, he said just one person from the collapse of the bridge were confirmed death, five people are still unaccounted for.
Weekly 11 also said, two temples Kyaukmyaung collapsed, causing two individuals.
"This is I think in my whole life one of the most serious earthquake," state-owned enterprise state-owned enterprise, a 52-year-old Shwebo residents told the Associated Press reporter's phone.
She said, local temples huge concrete door collapse, from another town pagoda in a few sculpture is damaged.
In wipe valley, an important gem mining area east of the epicenter other loss report. The temple was damaged, some abandoned mine.
"Landslides occurred in some old ruby mine, but caused no casualties, because these are old mine," shengyun, wipe the inhabitants of the valley, said by telephone.
State television reported that in five township ten stupa, stupa destroyed, many people have their so-called "umbrella" on top of the dome structure collapse.
The top of the dome usually contains Buddha and little bodhisattva image, sometimes jewelry package relics. Their damage is treated as a special bad omen.
ChengWen said, the police guards in wipe valley and the exposure of cultural relics damaged stupa.
A lot of people in Burma superstition, probably Nostradamus will point out that the earthquake occurred in 11 days of 11 months.
State television also reported, the earthquake transfer bright GongZhong, people in Burma says is the world's largest operation clock, shut down its base. Nearly four meters high (12 feet tall) clock, its weight in 90 tons (200000 pounds), installed in 1810, is a famous tourist attractions, in a pagoda external mandalay.
Within the than all, this is the epicenter of the earthquake 365 km (225 miles) south, residents say, break glass parliament building.
The epicenter was located at an area, usually cause damage small little temblors, again and again hit. Burma suffered similar scale earthquake happened in March last year Tachileik northeast border near the town. A 6.8 magnitude earthquake happened last year that killed 74 people, 111 people were injured.
By telephone contact mandalay residents say they fear above the level of aftershocks, because the city have modern high-rise buildings, can capture, the difference is that in the last Sunday to play the most serious region, most are small structure.
"We are very afraid, another earthquake could shake in the evening, said:" te Atlantis Sue, the reporter is in mandalay. "I tell my parents ran out of the house, if another earthquake."
In neighbouring Thailand's capital Bangkok, felt as far away as.
When one week prior to the scheduled visit to Burma President barack Obama. He will be the first President of the United States access to a deserted country, this is to get rid of decades of military rule.
Disaster is the second time in three days made in northern myanmar. Last Friday, the train tank lorry derailed in northern Shwebo about 128 km (80 miles), at least 25 people were killed, overthrow the car burst into flame, because they were trying to from their degreasing fuel.




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