Myanmar continues to supply relief aid to quake-hit areas
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Myanmar continued to bring emergency aid supplies Sunday to victims in northeastern Shan state hit by Thursday's major earthquake.
The emergency aid items, provided by the Relief and Resettlement Department to the victims in distress, cover medicines, temporary relief tents, tarpaulin, blankets, Mamee instant noodle, sachets, rice, dried fishes, fish cans, men and women's wear, towels and utensils.
These relief goods are being distributed to the victims in Tarlay and Monglin areas.
Further relief goods are expected to arrive later on Sunday, transported from Yangon via Kengtung and Tachileik by military aircrafts.
Meanwhile, some low-magnitude earthquakes were still felt in the areas until Sunday morning with rainfall prevailing.
Myanmar said in a latest official release that 73 people were killed and 125 others injured in Thursday's quake.
A total of 225 residential houses, 11 monasteries and 9 government department buildings were destroyed in the mainly affected areas of Tachileik, Tarlay, Naryaung, Kyatkuni and Monglin.
The government's Natural Disaster Preparedness Central Committee is supervising the rescue and relief work being undertaken in the quake-torn areas.
A strong earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale jolted Loimwe, 56 kilometers southeast of Kengtung in northeastern Myanmar on Thursday night at 20:29:30 hours local time (13:69 GMT).
The quake's epicenter, only 10 kilometers deep, struck in the hills of Myanmar bordering Thailand and Laos, the golden triangle.
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