A powerful earthquake hit Myanmar and neighbouring Thailand on Friday, turning a major hospital in the Myanmar capital into a 'mass casualty area' and trapping dozens of workers in an under-construction skyscraper in Bangkok. The 7.7-magnitude tremor hit northwest of the city of Sagaing at a shallow depth. A 6.4-magnitude aftershock hit the same area minutes later. The quakes wrought widespread damage, particularly in Myanmar, where buildings fell onto their sides, roads cracked open, and the well-known Ava bridge collapsed near the epicentre. Official said hundreds of injured people had arrived at the major hospital as many of the wounded were being treated outside the 1,000-bed facility. Read more at DailyMail.com #breakingnews #earthquake #thailand #maynmar #bangkok #hospital