Good evening. I'm Lisa Desjardin. John Yang is away.

Myanmar's ruling military government now says over 1,600 people have been killed by a devastating earthquake, as more bodies are being pulled from the rubble.

The epicenter of the 7.7 magnitude quake was near Mandalay, Myanmar's second largest city, and it rocked neighboring

countries, including Thailand. Temples in Myanmar's capital, Neupanda, were crumbled to their

foundation. Just southwest of Mandalay, some buildings and bridges partially collapsed,

others completely destroyed. While there have been some miracle rescues from the debris,

it's been an uphill battle.

Debbie Edward of Independent Television News has the latest from Bangkok, Thailand.

They keep shouting into the remains of the Wisdom Villa High School,

asking if anyone is there, but no response comes back.

It's thought at least seven people were in the building when the earthquake struck.

All over Myanmar there are frantic searches taking place for survivors.

In Mandalay, close to the epicenter, rescuers search through the wreckage of this apartment building by hand.

Several teams have come to help this search.

So far, they've recovered more bodies than survivors.

Without specialist equipment, it is difficult to free victims trapped between the layers

of debris.

It doesn't seem like there's a building that's not affected in some way, but obviously to see

this and that there are some other buildings that are also like this, it's just hideous.

The 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit on Friday lunchtime and was felt across the region.

This was a maternity ward in southern China where a nurse held on to the baby in her arms for dear life,

as she was tossed around on the ground by the powerful tremors.

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