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Kerusakan akibat gempa bumi (REUTERS/ Giorgio Benvenuti)
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VIVAnews - Earthquake with a strength of 6.8 on the Richter scale rocked Myanmar on Sunday, November 11, 2012. Large magnitude earthquake that made the community panic. A bridge and gold mine collapsed. The death toll is not yet certain. However, estimated to be about 12 people.
USA Today reported that there was no major damage and casualties in the city of Mandalay, as the city with the largest population. However, in some small towns reported considerable damage.
Sintku town clerk stated that six people were killed and 11 others injured. Most of the dead are gold miners, due to the collapse of the gold mines in the earthquake. However, he could not explain in detail, because usually the local authorities in the country not allowed to give information to the media.
While a number of other reports mention that the number of people killed by the collapse of a bridge under construction. As quoted from the site magazine Weekly Eleven, four people were killed and 25 people injured. The dead apparently workers who built the bridge.
A police officer testified that the area Shwebo different. He said that one person was killed and five others were unaccounted for due to the collapse of the bridge. "This is the worst earthquake I feel in my life," said a resident Shwebo.
