When Friday's powerful earthquake struck central Myanmar, Htet Min Oo was performing ritual ablutions before Ramadan prayers at a mosque next to his house in Mandalay.

A powerful earthquake rocked Southeast Asia on Friday, killing several people, bringing down a skyscraper under construction in Bangkok and toppling buildings and bridges in neighbouring Myanmar, where the ruling junta declared a state of emergency in some areas.

President Donald Trump says U.S. officials are “going to be helping” with the response to Southeast Asia’s deadly earthquake.

ASEAN chair Malaysia has deployed a 10-member team from its national disaster management agency to quake-hit Myanmar and will send another 40 people on Sunday.

A strong earthquake rocked Southeast Asia on Friday, bringing down a skyscraper under construction in Bangkok and toppling buildings in neighbouring Myanmar’s second-largest city. At least one person was killed and dozens of workers rescued from under the rubble of the skyscraper,

Myanmar’s military government said more than 1,600 people were injured. The 7.7-magnitude earthquake on Friday near Mandalay was felt in parts of Southeast Asia.

More bodies were pulled Saturday from the rubble of the scores of buildings that collapsed when a 7.7 magnitude quake hit Myanmar.