India, April 13 -- A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck on Sunday morning near Meiktila, a small city in central Myanmar, according to the US Geological Survey. The earthquake came as Myanmar is carrying out relief efforts following a massive 7.7-magnitude temblor on March 28 that killed 3,649 people.

The epicentre of the latest quake was roughly hallway between Mandalay, Myanmar's second-biggest city, which suffered enormous damage and casualties in last month's earthquake, and Naypyitaw, the capital, where several government offices were then damaged.

There were no immediate reports of major damage or casualties caused by the new quake, one of the strongest of hundreds of aftershocks from the March 28 earthquake.

Myanmar's Meteorologica...