The quake hit 10 miles from Myanmar’s second-largest city. The number of dead could not be immediately verified, but buildings as far away as Bangkok collapsed.

An under-construction skyscraper collapsed after a strong earthquake was felt in Bangkok, trapping dozens under the rubble. The epicenter of the 7.7-magnitude earthquake was in neighboring Myanmar, but the strong tremor shook buildings in the Thai capital.

In the chaos of Friday's earthquake, a Thai woman gave birth to a baby girl on a rolling bed in a hospital as it was being evacuated.

It sent buildings in many areas toppling to the ground, buckled roads, caused bridges to collapse and burst a dam.

Early Friday, a major 7.7 magnitude earthquake that originated near Mandalay, Myanmar, shook the Earth as far as Bangkok, about 800 miles (1,300 kilometers) away. Two hard-hit cities in Myanmar suffered extensive damage,

A powerful earthquake killed more than 140 people in Myanmar on Friday, authorities said, toppling buildings and wrecking infrastructure across a wide area, including a skyscraper under construction in neighbouring Thailand.

A 7.7 magnitude earthquake rocked Thailand and neighboring Myanmar midday on Friday, killing at least three in Bangkok.

Satellite photos from Planet Labs PBC analyzed by The Associated Press show the earthquake toppled the air traffic control tower at Naypyitaw International Airport