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Deadly Earthquake Forces Thai Patients Into Sports Hall

Some slept in Bangkok's Benjakitti Park after the earthquake on Friday fearing an aftershock (Credit: AFP)

Beneath basketball hoops and beside football goals, hospital beds line a sports hall -- patients evacuated from a hospital in the Thai capital for fear of damage by a devastating earthquake.

The shallow 7.7-magnitude quake struck central Myanmar on Friday afternoon, followed minutes later by a 6.7-magnitude aftershock -- with powerful tremors shaking Bangkok, more than 1,000 kilometres (600 miles) to the south.

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