The governor of Bangkok says authorities are investigating why a high-rise building under construction collapsed during an earthquake that otherwise caused limited damage in the Thai capital.

Officers questioned four Chinese men who were found removing 32 files from containers behind the collapsed building, a police official said.

The governor of Bangkok says authorities are investigating why a high-rise under construction collapsed during an earthquake Friday that otherwise caused limited damage in the Thai capital

Rescuers freed four people from collapsed buildings in Myanmar on Monday, Chinese media reported, offering some hope three days after a massive earthquake killed over 2,000 as searchers raced to find more survivors in Myanmar and Thailand.

The powerful earthquake, which had its epicenter in central Myanmar about 13 miles from Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-largest city, struck around 12:50 p.m. local time, the New York Times reported. It was followed by several tremors, including a 6.4 magnitude aftershock which occurred just 11 minutes later.

Three days after a devastating 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit Southeast Asia, drones and special equipment have detected signs of life, prompting an all-out race to find the survivors. NBC’s Janis Mackey Frayer reports for TODAY.

Thousands of people in Myanmar may need urgent shelter, food and medical help, according to the International Rescue Committee's Myanmar director, Mohamed Riyas. He says it could be weeks before the full extent of the earthquake damage is known,

Aid workers delivered the first shipments of help to Myanmar, but will have to cross a country buckled by the disaster and divided by civil war, arms dealers and drug syndicates.

Emergency aid has streamed into Southeast Asia in the two days since a massive earthquake struck Myanmar and Thailand

Foreign rescue teams and supplies arrived in Myanmar on Sunday to help the impoverished country cope with an earthquake that killed over 1,600 and left many near the epicentre scrambling for help without proper equipment.

Rescuers raced against fears that the death toll could rise sharply as the end of a 72-hour window in which most people trapped in rubble are reasonably expected to survive neared.

Rescuers are desperately searching for survivors more than three days after a powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar, toppling buildings as far away as the Thai capital Bangkok and sending tremors through nearby Chinese provinces.