Yangon (ANTARA/Xinhua-OANA) - The Myanmar authorities released the up-date revised death toll of Thursday`s major earthquake which was aired by the Myanmar Radio and Television (MRTV)-4 on Friday night with 73 registered dead and 125 injured as of Friday night 9:30 p.m. (local time).

A total of 225 residential houses, 11 monasteries and 9 government department buildings were destroyed in the mainly affected areas of Tachileik, Tarlay, Naryaung, Kyatkuni and Monglin.

Relief measures are being taken by the government`s Natural Disaster Preparedness Central Committee by opening some relief camps, the MRTV-4 said, adding that a government delegation, led by Major-General Aung Than Htut of the Ministry of Defense and involving some deputy ministers, inspected the quake-stricken areas Friday.

The MRTV-4 also telecast the scene of the quake-hit areas.

A strong earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale jolted Loimwe, 56 kilometers southeast of Kengtung in northeastern Myanmar on Thursday night at 20:29:30 hours local time.

The quake`s epicenter, at 10 kilometers deep, struck in the hills of Myanmar bordering Thailand and Laos.
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