Myanmar Earthquake (11-Nov-2012)

On 11th November 2012, an earthquake of 6.8 magnitude ocoured in Myanmar. The Earthquake was followed by 2 strong aftershocks. The first earthquake hit at 07:42 local time. The quake struck 120km north of the second-largest city of Mandalay.

Myanmar's state-run media reported that 74 people had been killed and 111 had been hurt so far. Shwebo bridge, which was under construction, collapsed. Resulting the construction workers to fall into the Ayeyarwaddy river. The construction workers are still missing and death tolls may increase. Myanmar has a poor official disaster response system and lost upward of 140,000 people to a devastating cyclone in 2008. The aid of medicine supplies will be sent to the affected areas as soon as possible along with an assessment team in cooperation with the Myanmar Red Cross Society, according to a U.N. official.