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7.7 magnitude earthquake hits Southeast Asia, affecting Myanmar and Thailand

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275 points testrun | 2 comments | 28 Mar 25 09:32 UTC | HN request time: 0.397s | source
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wiradikusuma ◴[28 Mar 25 12:26 UTC] No.43504531[source]▶
The earthquake seemed to be originated from Myanmar, but most reporting from Thailand. Is it because they are affected less?
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JumpCrisscross ◴[28 Mar 25 13:00 UTC] No.43504856[source]▶
> but most reporting from Thailand

Myanmar is on the border between a failed state and one in civil war [1]. Put simply, we will probably never know the fatality county because there is nobody who can reliably do the counting.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar_civil_war_(2021%E2%8...

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1. macintux ◴[28 Mar 25 14:58 UTC] No.43506275[source]▶
I was a little surprised to see the junta asking for outside assistance. I assumed they would be reluctant to let people in.
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2. ta1243 ◴[28 Mar 25 16:02 UTC] No.43507039[source]▶
That's probably an indication of just how bad things are