• 2,376 people were reportedly injured and 30 were missing
• USGS modeling estimates can reach thousands.
• The Chinese aid team is carrying out relief work.

The death toll from a 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit Myanmar has climbed to 1,002 MRTV International aid began relief work, said Saturday.

Rescuers continued to search for survivors because of fears that the number of people killed would soar, destroying earthquakes in Southeast Asian countries. It said 2376 people were injured and 30 were missing.

“Infrastructure (such as roads, bridges and buildings) are affected, resulting in civilian casualties and injuries. Search and rescue operations are currently underway in the affected areas.”

Military junta leader General Min Aung Hlaing warned Friday that he caused more deaths and injuries when he invited “any country” to help and donate.

A Chinese rescue team arrived Saturday, while Russia and the United States provided assistance in the disaster that hit Friday lunchtime and damaged hundreds of buildings in neighboring Thailand.

The U.S. Geological Service predictive modeling estimates that Myanmar’s death toll could exceed 10,000 and the loss could be greater than the value of the country’s GDP. Hoff, a scientist in the U.S. Air Force’s earthquake hazard program, told Reuters he told Reuters that this was the cause of the death toll including the earthquake, including the Earth. “People wake up, they have wisdom to them, they can respond better,” she said.

Find workers in rubble

Most of the damage was in Mandalay, Myanmar’s second largest city, near the center of the earthquake.

Rescue missions 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) from the epicenter were intensified on Saturday in Bangkok, Thailand’s capital, when construction workers trapped under the rubble of a collapsed 33-story tower.

The Chinese Embassy said in a Facebook post that a team of 37 people from China landed in Yangon, the former capital of Myanmar, early Saturday, carrying medicine and equipment to find signs of life with them.

Russia said Russia is sending 120 experienced rescue workers as well as doctors and search dogs.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that he spoke with officials in Myanmar and his administration will provide some form of aid.

Hough, who works in Myanmar on the local seismology network, said the country’s combination of modern and traditional architecture will also play a role. She said traditional buildings “will be more lethal than concrete.”

Thai authorities said nine people died and 101 people were missing in Bangkok, most of whom were trapped in the rubble of collapsed towers.

“We will do our best, we will not give up saving lives, we will use all our resources,” Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt said on Saturday’s scene.

Thailand’s capital base stopped Friday, Chadchart said hundreds of people spent the night in city parks, but he said things were improving.