At least 75 people have died and more than a hundred injured as a result of a 6.8 magnitude earthquake that has affected the entire Indochina peninsula. Most fatalities have occurred in Burma. These provisional figures could rise in the coming hours as the affected area, very mountainous, it is very difficult to access, the notorious Golden Triangle, the border between Burma, Thailand and Laos.
One of the most affected municipalities of the country has been to Tarlay and Lin, whose inhabitants had already been in shock Thursday afternoon and several localities between the towns of Tachilek and Kengtung. Also in Burma, more than two dozen people have been injured, as explained by a responsible country that prefers to remain anonymous.
"Five monasteries and more than 130 buildings have been destroyed," said the source. The other victim posted so far been recorded in Thailand. This is a 52 year old woman who died after a wall of his home in Mae Sai district, near the border-has collapsed, according to local police account.
The earthquake's epicenter was located near the border with Thailand and Laos, 90 kilometers north of Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai 235, according to the American Geophysical Institute (USGS). 
One of the most affected municipalities of the country has been to Tarlay and Lin, whose inhabitants had already been in shock Thursday afternoon and several localities between the towns of Tachilek and Kengtung. Also in Burma, more than two dozen people have been injured, as explained by a responsible country that prefers to remain anonymous.
"Five monasteries and more than 130 buildings have been destroyed," said the source. The other victim posted so far been recorded in Thailand. This is a 52 year old woman who died after a wall of his home in Mae Sai district, near the border-has collapsed, according to local police account.
The earthquake's epicenter was located near the border with Thailand and Laos, 90 kilometers north of Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai 235, according to the American Geophysical Institute (USGS).
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