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Tsunami Kills 10 in central Burma

Dec 26 (Reuters) - The tsunami which drove through the Andaman Sea on Sun day destroyed a bridge in southeast Myanmar and killed 10 people and a number of fishing trawlers were missing at sea, a fishing operator said.

The six men and four women were killed in the coastal town of Kawthaung when the huge wave caused by an earthquake off the Indonesian island of Sumatra struck.

''They were killed when a bridge collapsed,'' said the operator of a fishing company in the town.

Officials were not reachable in Kawthaung, which lies close to the border with Thailand where at least 223 people were killed by the monster wave.

The fishing operator said a number of trawlers had been at sea when the waves struck and their fate was not known.

State television in the secretive, military-ruled country confirmed that the undersea quake and several aftershocks had been felt in Myanmar. But it gave no details of damage or injuries.

In Bangkok, scientists said they had detected a 6.4 magnitude earthquake centered in Myanmar on Sunday at around 8 a.m. (0100 GMT).

The aftershocks from the quake continued until about 1 p.m.(0600) and were felt across northern Thailand.

The former Burma is no stranger to quakes. Tremors measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale damaged three ancient pagodas in central Myanmar in September last year.

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