A powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake has struck Southeast Asia, killing over 1,000 people near the epicenter in Myanmar, and injuring more than 2,000.

The USGS reports that the earthquake occurred at a shallow depth of 6 miles, resulting in severe shaking and substantial damage in a roughly 125-mile-long, 10-mile-wide corridor stretching north and south through Mandalay.

State-run television announced on Saturday that over 1,000 had been killed and more than 2,000 injured, according to a statement from the military-led government.