Bangkok:
According to the US Geological Survey, 5.5 earthquakes occurred near Miktila, a small town in Central Myanmar, on Sunday morning.
Earthquake occurred as Myanmar, on March 28, the central region of the country is also engaged in relief efforts after 7.7 magnitude temples. The latest earthquake was a rough hall between the second largest city of Myanmar, which was facing heavy damage and casualties in the previous month’s earthquake, and Naipike, where Raja, The Capital.
There was no immediate report of major damage or casualties due to the new earthquake, one of the hundreds of afterchoxes from Templer on 28 March. Till Friday, according to Major General Zo Min Tune, a spokesman for the Myanmar military government, the deaths from the earthquake were 3,649, in which 5,018 were injured.
The Meteorological Department of Myanmar said that Sunday’s earthquake occurred in the area of Wundwin Township of 97 km (60 mi) south of Mandalay at a depth of 20 km (12 mi). The US Geological Survey estimated a depth of 7.7 km (4.8 mi).
Two Wundwin residents called The Associated Press and told that the earthquake was so strong that people got out of buildings and the roof was damaged in some houses. A resident of Naypyitaw also reached the phone, said he did not feel the latest earthquake. Those who contacted him did not nominate for fear of annoying the military government, who prefer to control the information closely.
Last week, the United Nations warned that damage to the March 28 earthquake would spoil the current humanitarian crisis in Myanmar, where a civil war had already displaced more than 3 million people.
It said that the earthquake severely disrupted agricultural production and reduced a health emergency emergency as many medical facilities in the earthquake area were damaged or destroyed.
Sunday earthquake occurred on the morning of the first day of the country’s three -day holiday, which celebrates the traditional New Year. Public festivals for the holiday were already canceled.
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