YANGON: Myanmar appeared to have escaped with only minor damage to buildings after a magnitude 6.9 earthquake that rattled its remote north, police said Thursday, as early reports said there not had been any casualties.

The quake, which struck late Wednesday more than 130 kilometers (80 miles) below the surface, was felt from China to Bangladesh, where scores of people were injured in stampedes as panic spread.

But initial surveys suggested the damage was limited in Myanmar, according to an official from Sagaing province, around 100 kilometers from the epicenter.

“We have no casualties although there was some small damage to pagodas in villages,” a police official told AFP, requesting anonymity.

“People are now enjoying the water festival,” he added, referencing the Buddhist new year celebrated across the region.

Myanmar’s relief department posted on its Facebook page that “there were no casualties, injuries or major damage to buildings because of (the) earthquake.”

A second, unnamed policeman in the capital Naypyidaw said emergency checks on the quake-rattled zone had so far revealed no serious damage to buildings.