Naypyitaw [Myanmar], April 17 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 4.0 struck Myanmar on Thursday, an announcement by the National Center for Seismology (NCS) mentioned.
The earthquake occurred at a shallow depth of 10km, making it prone to aftershocks.
In a submit on X, the NCS mentioned, “EQ of M: 4.0, On: 17/04/2025 12:02:36 IST, Lat: 21.95 N, Long: 96.10 E, Depth: 10 Km, Location: Myanmar.”
https://x.com/NCS_Earthquake/status/1912757823810789710
Earlier on Wednesday, an earthquake of magnitude 3.7 jolted Myanmar, the NCS mentioned.
“EQ of M: 3.7, On: 16/04/2025 10:16:24 IST, Lat: 21.14 N, Long: 96.11 E, Depth: 10 Km, Location: Myanmar,” it mentioned in a submit on X.
https://x.com/NCS_Earthquake/status/1912370471875518694
Shallow earthquakes like these are extra harmful than deeper ones on account of their better vitality launch nearer to the Earth’s floor. This causes stronger floor shaking and elevated harm to buildings and casualties, in comparison with deeper earthquakes, which lose vitality as they journey to the floor.
Although Myanmar is an earthquake-prone nation, there has not been proposed an official nationwide seismic hazard map.
Due to the collision between the Eurasian and Indo-Australian plates, Myanmar is an space with a excessive seismic hazard degree. According to the earthquake parameters summarized by the International Seismological Centre round 140 occasions with magnitude better than or equal to three.0 have taken place in Myanmar and its neighborhood yearly from 1990 to 2019.
Thus, it’s evident that Myanmar is weak to hazards from reasonable and huge magnitude earthquakes, together with tsunami hazards alongside its lengthy shoreline.
The Sagaing Fault elevates the seismic hazard for Sagaing, Mandalay, Bago, and Yangon, which collectively characterize 46 per cent of the inhabitants of Myanmar. Although Yangon is comparatively removed from the fault hint, it nonetheless suffers from vital threat on account of its dense inhabitants. For occasion, in 1903, an intensive earthquake with magnitude 7.0 that occurred in Bago additionally struck Yangon.
Meanwhile, the Indian Embassy in Myanmar on Thursday mentioned that reduction support which was dispatched from India not too long ago has been handed over to the Mandalay Chief Minister, Myo Aung, underneath the Operation Brahma.
The newly dispatched support despatched from India was handed over by the Indian Ambassador to Myanmar, Abhay Thakur, which contained a RO water plant, a Genset, rice, noodles, cooking oil, atta, sugar, dal, salt, MRES, blankets and medicines. (ANI)
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