Magnitude 7.7 earthquake hits Myanmar, collapses buildings

A strong earthquake on Friday struck Southeast Asia, collapsing a skyscraper under construction in Bangkok and toppling buildings in neighbouring Myanmar’s second-largest city.

According to Thailand’s National Institute of Emergency Medicine, one person was killed and dozens of workers rescued from under the rubble of the skyscraper.

It was gathered that in Bangkok people ran out onto the streets in panic, many of them hotel guests in bathrobes and swimming costumes as…