More than 150 people have died after a powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar and nearby Thailand on Friday, March 28.

The effects of a 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar were felt in Bangkok, Thailand, with extensive damage to buildings including the collapse of this one.

At least two people were killed on Friday after a building collapsed in Bangkok during a strong earthquake in the region.

Hundreds are also injured in Myanmar, according to an army general, as the 7.7 magnitude quake is felt in neighbouring countries.

At least three people were killed after a 7.7-magnitude quake rattled Thailand and Myanmar on Friday. Advertisement

The full scale of death, injury and destruction is coming into view slowly in Myanmar. Thailand has reported at least three killed, and scores of others trapped in rubble.

A powerful earthquake struck Myanmar on Friday afternoon, causing at least 152 deaths and serious damage in the country’s central region and even hundreds of miles away in Bangkok, capital of neighbouring Thailand.

At 7.7, the Myanmar quake was powerful enough to cause damage and devastation. Here are the 10 largest earthquakes in world history since 1900, according to the U.S. Geological Survey: An 8.6 quake off the coast of Sumatra on April 11,

Roads buckle in the Myanmar capital Naypyidaw, while a high-rise building under construction collapses hundreds of miles away in the Thai capital.