has been hit by a massive earthquake on Friday, with huge tremors felt in cities across South East Asia. The earthquake was initially measured at magnitude 7.7 before being upgraded to 8.2, with the epicentre being the city of Mandalay.

While the tremor originated in Myanmar, where authorities have said as many as 10,000 are feared dead so far, it deeply affected also neighbouring countries, including and Vietnam.

In Vietnam's Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, lights were swaying from the shaking. In Thailand's capital, Bangkok, a skyscraper and other buildings collapsed, killing several people and trapping around 80 workers under the debris. In another video shared online, water is seen pouring down from the rooftop swimming pool of another 30-storey tower block and into the street below.

While it is too early for a death toll to be confirmed, the head of Myanmar's military government said at least 180 people were killed in the earthquake and more than 730 were left injured.

Communications across Myanmar were made difficult during the morning due to a country-wide power outage. A local living in Yangon, some 289 miles from the tremor's epicentre, told the photos and videos coming from Mandalay paint "a very grim picture of what's to come".

They added: "There's a lot of bad news that will come out of Mandalay once the telecoms are back up and running."

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