Asia is currently experiencing a severe emergency following a strong 7.7-mag earthquake that occurred early on Monday morning. Large areas of southern China, northern Thailand, and Myanmar were all impacted by the earthquake.

With its epicenter in a mountainous region along the border between Yunnan Province, China, and Myanmar, the earthquake struck at 3:42 a.m. local time. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) estimates that it struck at a shallow depth of roughly 10 kilometers.