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A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake hit central Myanmar Friday , shaking Mandalay, the country's second-largest city, as well as nearby countries, includingat the same depth shook south of the first one, and later that day, nine smaller earthquakes, ranging from magnitude 4.4 to 4.9, also hit the region.. A monastery and multiple buildings also collapsed in Myanmar.
Today's magnitude 7.7 earthquake was so big that it wouldn't be surprising if the ground were displaced several meters horizontally, van der Pluijm added. Since 1900, the region has had six other magnitude 7 or greater big strike-slip earthquakes within about 155 miles of today's earthquake, according to the USGS. The most recent one, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake in January 1990, caused 32 buildings to collapse. An even bigger one — a magnitude 7.9 — shook south of today's earthquake epicenter in February 1912.
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