Victims have been found to survive for more than two weeks trapped under rubble if they have access to water. However, search and rescue attempts are usually halted around a week after a disaster if no-one has been found alive in the previous day or two.

A man buried under earthquake rubble for five days has been rescued in Myanmar, as calls grow for the ruling junta to allow more aid in and halt attacks on rebels. The shallow 7.7-magnitude earthquake flattened buildings across Myanmar on Friday, killing more than 2,700 people and making thousands more homeless.

Scores of people are missing in the ruins of a high-rise building that was felled by the quake in Myanmar. Signs of life raised hopes on Saturday, but there was no update on survivors.

The death toll from a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar jumped to over 1,000 as more bodies were pulled from the rubble of the scores of buildings that collapsed when it struck near the cou