LONDON/KATHMANDU:  An earthquake of magnitude 6.9 struck in northwest Myanmar on Wednesday, 100 km (62 miles) north-northwest of the city of Monywa, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.

The quake struck at a depth of 135 km, it said.

The earthquake was also felt in Kathmandu and other parts of Nepal at around 7:45 pm on Wednesday.

The tremor was felt in eastern and central districts of Nepal, as well as Bangladesh, Lhasa, east and north India and Bhutan.

Around a year ago, on April 25 last year, Nepal was rattled by the magnitude-7.6 earthquake, killing around 9,000 people.

Details to follow...

Red #earthquake alert (7M,depth:120km) in #Myanmar 13 Apr 2016 13:55 UTC,Pop100km:2.3m - https://t.co/lUEr58XyLn - #GDACSFeedback

— GDACS DisasterAlerts (@GDACS) April 13, 2016

Prelim M6.9 earthquake Myanmar Apr-13 13:55 UTC, updates https://t.co/3QdEIOyk6N

— USGS Big Quakes (@USGSBigQuakes) April 13, 2016

7:57pm, #Dhaka - rudely awakened from a new year dinner by an earthquake

People out on the streets now pic.twitter.com/iucYwlRCwL

— Prasanna KC (@KC_Prasanna) April 13, 2016

Felt two #earthquakes in succession in #Yangon. Anyone else??? #myanmar #burma

— Thin (@thinink) April 13, 2016