Myanmar marks month of misery since historic quake


The magnitude-7.7 tremor was the strongest with an epicentre on Myanmar’s land mass since 1912. -- PHOTO: AFP

YANGON (AFP): Myanmar marked one month since suffering its fiercest earthquake in more than a century on Monday, with military bombardments unabated despite a humanitarian truce as thousands of survivors camp in makeshift shelters.

The magnitude-7.7 tremor was the strongest with an epicentre on Myanmar's land mass since 1912, the United States Geological Survey reported, killing nearly 3,800 according to an official toll still rising daily.

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