The Latest Breaking News from Myanmar

Hopes were fading Monday of finding more survivors in the rubble of Mandalay, where some residents spent a third night sleeping in the open after a massive earthquake killed at least 1,700 people in Myanmar and neighbouring Thailand.

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) will inspect more than 700 cases of damage in the capital following a 7.7-magnitude earthquake in neighbouring Myanmar on Friday.

After two days there are still not enough teams to find bodies or sufficient equipment to sift through the debris

Rescue workers in Thai capital are frantically searching for 78 missing amid rubble as their loved ones watch on

The US Geological Survey said the quake hit about 100 kilometres (62 miles) northeast of the main island

Kanthong Saenmuangshin had gone to hospital for a routine check-up but ended up going into labour amid the chaos of Friday's powerful 7.7 magnitude quake

It struck more than 2,000 miles off of Australia's east coast

Bodies trapped under the rubble of destroyed buildings in Sagaing and Mandalay cities are decomposing in Myanmar’s heat.

Friday's deadly earthquake rattled most of Myanmar and Thailand but certain areas sustained the heaviest damage, including flattened buildings and many lost lives