The US Geological Survey (USGS) says that it was the most violent earthquake to strike the impoverished country in a century.

据美国地质勘探局称，这是一个世纪以来发生在贫困国家中最激烈的一场地震。

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Tremors were felt as far away as Bangkok, 800 kilometres from the epicentre, Hanoi and parts of China during the quake, which the US Geological Survey (USGS) measured at magnitude6.8.

距震中800公里的泰国首都曼谷、越南首都河内和中国部分地区都有震感。 据美国地质调查局测量，此次缅甸地震震级为6.8级。

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A team of US Geological Survey (USGS) researchers based in Wisconsin set out to comprehensively assess the effects of road deicing on streams in Milwaukee and surrounding areas.

位于威斯康辛州的美国地质调查局派出研究小组，全面评估道路除雪对密尔沃基及周边地区河流的影响。

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The quake struck 90km (60 miles) south of the country's only nuclear power station in Bushehr, the US Geological Survey (USGS) says.

BBC: Deadly quake in south-west Iran's Bushehr province

The quake struck at 08:02 local time (00:02 GMT) on Saturday, with the China Earthquake Administration categorising it as a 7.0 magnitude, and the US Geological Survey (USGS) reporting it as 6.6.

BBC: China quake kills scores in rural Sichuan