The death toll in Thailand from Friday’s earthquake has increased to nine, according to the country’s Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation. Another 1,002 have died in Myanmar.
Another nine people remain injured and 101 others are still missing.
The earthquake and its aftershocks caused damage across 13 Thai provinces as well as in Bangkok, the agency said.
A 30-story building that was under construction collapsed in the Thai capital on Friday when the powerful quake struck the region.

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Search and rescue efforts were ongoing at the scene, with crews detecting 15 signs of life beneath the rubble on Saturday, according to Thailand’s National Institute of Emergency Medicine.




