India, March 28 -- Over 150 people were killed and hundreds injured after six earthquakes, including one with a 7.7 magnitude, hit near Sagaing in central Myanmar at 12.50 pm (local time) Friday, state-run broadcaster MRTV said.

The toll includes casualties from a hospital in the capital, Naypyidaw, which is likely to become a "mass casualty area", doctors there told news agency AFP.

Several buildings including a mosque in Mandalay collapsed while people were praying inside it, and a university building in the same city caught fire as a result of the massive earthquakes.

Warning that the toll might go up, Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing has declared an 'emergency' and appealed for aid.

He asked for help from "any country and any o...