Jakarta, March 28 -- The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has said that the 7.6-magnitude earthquake recorded in the Mandalay region of Myanmar on Friday afternoon did not impact Indonesia.

Strong tremors from the quake originating in Myanmar were felt in Bangkok, Thailand, and caused damage to buildings.

Director of earthquakes and tsunamis at the BMKG, Daryono, on Friday informed that as per the national monitoring system, the earthquake struck at 1:20 p.m. Western Indonesian Time (WIB).

Its epicenter was located at coordinates 21.76deg N and 95.83deg E, at a depth of 10 kilometers, he added.

Based on the BMKG's analysis, the earthquake was classified as shallow and was triggered by the activity of the Great Sa...