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A strong earthquake shook northern Thailand and Myanmar on Monday evening, smashing windows, cracking walls and roads and damaging Buddhist temples.

No casualties have been reported.

A shopping mall in the province of Chiang Mai, in northern Thailand, was evacuated after the 6.0-magnitude earthquake began to shake the building.

The US Geological Survey said the epicentre was nine kilometres (six miles) south of Mae Lao, Thailand, and 27 kilometres (17 miles) southwest of Chiang Rai (north of Chiang Mai).

Its depth was a relatively shallow 7.4 kilometres (4.6 miles).

Shallow quakes are generally felt more widely.