YANGON: Several earthquakes caused some panic in Myanmar's largest city early Friday, but no serious injuries or major damage has yet been reported.
Residents said their six-storey building shook three times, with the strongest quake lasting at least a minute.
"We were sleeping, but as the building was shaking pretty strong, we all woke up in a panic,'' Yangon resident Swe Swe Myint said.
The US Geological Survey said the first quake just before 1am was magnitude-6.0 and had a shallow depth of 10km. The epicentre was about 27km southwest of Phyu township, about 172km north of Yangon.
Three quakes of magnitude-5.3 and magnitude-5.2 followed within 20 minutes.
Myanmar Earthquake Committee said the epicentres were close to at least two dams.
But after daylight broke, no major damage or casualties had yet been reported.