A magnitude 6.8 quake shook northeastern Myanmar at 6:55 a.m. Pacific time Thursday near its border with Thailand and Laos, shaking buildings in Bangkok nearly 500 miles away.
Moderate to heavy damage was expected, but the quake was too far inland to generate a tsunami, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.
The U.S. Geological Survey estimated that some 600,000 people likely felt strong to violent shaking.
