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Old Aug 24th, 2016, 08:11 AM
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Earthquake in Myanmar

Apparently a couple people dead and damage to temples in Bagan
http://abcnews.go.com/International/...anmar-41611369
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Thanks for the news link. I'll email Min Thu.
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http://www.courant.com/nation-world/...824-story.html
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This guy was there as it happened and did some filming:

https://www.periscope.tv/WagamamaMama/1nAJEDPzBoXGL

I saw Sulamani Temple in Nov. 2014. It was heavily damaged.
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Thanks for the link susiean. The whole golden spire is gone from Sulamani. Very sad.
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I have heard back from MinThu. He and his family are fine. He said there were no deaths among residents of Bagan. He described the damage as knocking the tops off a number of the temples.

The earthquake did mean that he lost his internet connection for five days or so. He said they are already working to repair the temples.
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Thanks for reporting back, Kathie. Glad to hear MinThu and his family are fine. Too bad about the temple tops.
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