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Deadly Myanmar Quake Destroys Bridge and Mine YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - A strong earthquake struck northern Myanmar on Sunday, collapsing a bridge and a gold mine and damaging several old Buddhist pagodas. As many as 12 people a re feared dead. An official from Myanmar's Meteorological Department said the quake struck at 7:42 a.m. local time. Official information was being released slowly, leaving the actual extent of the damage unclear after the quake, which had a preliminary mag n itude of 6.8. Myanmar, formerly Burma, has a poor official disaster response system. Myanmar's second-biggest city, Mandalay, reported no casualties or major damage. It is about 72 miles south of the quake's epicenter near the town Shwebo. The area surrounding the epicenter is underdeveloped, and casualty reports were being announced in a piecemeal fashion, mostly from the local news media. The region is a centre for the mining of minerals and gemstones, and several mines were reported to have collapsed. The evening news on state television showed Vice President Sai Maul Hkam visiting the town of Thabeikyin, where the report said 102 homes, 21 religious buildings, 48 government offices and four schools had been damaged. The town, the gold-mining centre near the quake's epicenter, reported that 3 people had been killed and 35 injured. The total number of officially confirmed casualties was 6 dead and 64 injured. However, independently compiled tallies predicted that the death toll was closer to a dozen. The biggest single death toll was reported by a local administrative officer in Sintku Township, on the Irrawaddy River near the quake's epicenter, who said that 6 people had died there and 11 had been injured. He said some of the dead were miners who were killed when a gold mine collapsed. He spoke on the condition of anonymity because local officials are normally not allowed to released information to a news media. The Website of the magazine Weekly Eleven said 4 people were killed and 25 injured when a bridge under construction across the Irrawaddy River collapsed east of Shwebo. The local government announced a toll of 2 dead and 16 i njured. All of the victims appeared to be workers. However, a Shwebo police officer, also speaking under the condition of anonymity, said just one person was confirmed dead from the bridge's collapse, while five were uncounted for. What is the news a bout? A. An earthquake's casualties in Myanmar. B. A col lapsed bridge in Myanmar due to the earthquake. C. A gold mine in Myanmar ruined due to the earthquake. D. An earthquake stricking Myanmar. E. Late information about the earthquake in Myanmar

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