India, March 29 -- An 80-member National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team will be sent from India on Saturday to assist with rescue and search operations in earthquake-hit Myanmar, where nearly 700 people have been killed, officials familiar with the matter said.

"The team members have assembled and the equipments are being loaded. They will be flying to Myanmar within the next 1-2 hours. The team is carrying all equipment needed for the rescue and search operations there," a senior officer, requesting anonymity, told HT.

The shallow 7.7-magnitude quake struck northwest of Sagaing city in central Myanmar on Friday afternoon, and was followed minutes later by a 6.7-magnitude aftershock. The tremors flattened buildings in several citie...