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Edition: U.S. Article Comments (0) Video Full Focus Editor's choice A selection of our top photos from the past 48 hours. Full Article Follow Reuters Quake kills 50 in Myanmar, aftershock rattles Thai north Tweet Share this By Chaiwat Subprason CHIANG RAI, Thailand (Reuters) - At least 50 people were killed in the strong earthquake that struck Myanmar, officials said, while another quake hit northern Thailand Friday, inflicting limited damage. Thursday's 6.8 magnitude... Email Print Related News Large quake hits Myanmar near northern Thailand Thu, Mar 24 2011 Two magnitude 7.0 quakes hit Myanmar: USGS Thu, Mar 24 2011 Japanese engineers strive to restore power to avert catastrophe Thu, Mar 17 2011 Japan scrambles to avert nuclear disaster, global fears mount Wed, Mar 16 2011 Fire at Japan nuclear reactor heightens radiation threat Tue, Mar 15 2011 Analysis & Opinion Tokyo nuclear firm protected, but not shareholders Appropriately enough, it’s National Tsunami Awareness Week Related Topics World » Natural Disasters » Thailand » Related Video Myanmar quake shakes N Thailand 2:01am EDT Residents stand outside a building after an earthquake, in Hanoi, March 24, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Kham By Chaiwat Subprason CHIANG RAI, Thailand | Fri Mar 25, 2011 3:32am EDT CHIANG RAI, Thailand (Reuters) - At least 50 people were killed in the strong earthquake that struck Myanmar, officials said, while another quake hit northern Thailand Friday, inflicting limited damage. Thursday's 6.8 magnitude earthquake caused panic in several Southeast Asian countries, but the worst hit was Myanmar, where the death toll was expected to rise slightly following tremors that destroyed more than 100 buildings. Officials in northern Thailand were assessing whether Friday's quake, of an estimated magnitude of 5.5, had caused any additional damage. The initial quake was felt in the capital cities of Thailand and Myanmar and as far away as Vietnam, where people in tall buildings were evacuated. It was 6.2 miles below the surface but caused only slight damage on the Thai side. The town of Tachilek in Myanmar was badly hit by Thursday's quake. People fled their homes, parked motorcycles tumbled to the ground and cracks were seen in the roads. FEARS OF AFTERSHOCKS "We were extremely frightened to enter the house since there were several strong aftershocks," a local teacher said by telephone. "Some people are haunted by what they saw on TV about the recent earthquake in Japan." Several earthquakes of magnitudes 5 to as high as 7 have hit northern Myanmar and Thailand in the past 15 years, but damage and casualties have been limited. Thursday's quake was centred 111 km (69 miles) north of Chiang Rai in a sparsely populated, hilly area. It forms part of the "Golden Triangle," a place where the borders of Myanmar, Thailand and Laos meet and which is infamous for the cultivation of illicit opium. In Chiang Rai, Thailand's northernmost province which borders Myanmar, little damage was seen. The spires of several Buddhist pagodas were bent, some tiles were smashed and a few cracks were seen on the ground close to a hotel. "There was also slight damage at some government offices and houses but nothing that led to total collapse or that immediately compromised building structures," Somchai Hatyatanti, the provincial governor, told Reuters. Police confirmed one woman was killed Thursday when a wall of her house collapsed in the province's Mae Sai district. A hospital in Mae Sai, the biggest Thai town close to the epicentre, said it had not received any patients after Thursday's earthquake. Power was briefly knocked out and some telephone lines were down. Vibul Sguanpong, Director General of Thailand's Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, said there had been dozens of aftershocks. "We urge those in very old houses or tall, old buildings near the northern border with Myanmar to check for cracks and other signs of damage, and consider leaving for the next two days while aftershocks are likely," he said. 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