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Earthquake in Myanmar
2016 Myanmar earthquake yes 2016 04 13 20:25 2016-04-13 13:55:17 us20005hqz 611829306 Myanmar 6.9 Mw 23.133 94.900 inline,titlehttps://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20005hqz#general M6.9 – 74 km SE of Mawlaik, Burma United States Geological Survey 13 April 2016 134.8 km on Bangladesh India Myanmar Nepal 1https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20005hyf#general M4.6 – 31 km NW of Mawlaik, Burma 15 April 2016https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/#%7B%22feed%22%3A%221day_m25%22%2C%22search%22%3Anull%2C%22listFormat%22%3A%22default%22%2C%22sort%22%3A%22newest%22%2C%22basemap%22%3A%22grayscale%22%2C%22autoUpdate%22%3Atrue%2C%22restrictListToMap%22%3Atrue%2C%22timeZone%22%3A%22utc%22%2C%22mapposition%22%3A%5B%5B14.33890401019508%2C82.210693359375%5D%2C%5B27.67379895781762%2C106.820068359375%5D%5D%2C%22overlays%22%3A%7B%22plates%22%3Atrue%7D%2C%22viewModes%22%3A%7B%22list%22%3Atrue%2C%22map%22%3Atrue%2C%22settings%22%3Afalse%2C%22help%22%3Afalse%7D%7D Earthquakes 15 April 2016 2 dead120 injured VI
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck Myanmar 135 km mi on north-west of Mandalayhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-36038029 Myanmar shaken by 6.9 magnitude earthquake BBC News 13 April 2016 13 April 2016 on April 13 with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong). It struck at 8:25 pm local time (13:55 UTC), and was centered in an isolated area. The estimated depth was 134 km.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-quake-idUSKCN0XA1NS Earthquake hits Myanmar, no immediate reports of major damage 2016-04-13 Reuters 2016-04-13 It lasted for around one minute according to Xinhua reporters.https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/04/strong-quake-hits-myanmar-tremors-felt-india-160413142559053.html Strong quake hits Myanmar, tremors felt in India Al Jazeera 2016-04-14
Damage and casualties
Myanmar
Homes, buildings and schools were damaged or destroyed in villages near the epicenter in Myanmar.https://burmese.dvb.no/post/144815 ငလ်င္ေၾကာင့္ လူအေသအေပ်ာက္ မရွိဟု အစိုးရသတင္းထုတ္ Democratic Voice of Burma http://earthquake-report.com/2016/04/13/very-strong-earthquake-myanmar-on-april-13-2016/ Massive deep and dangerous earthquake below Myanmar - 2 persons killed Armand Vervaeck 2016-04-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20160423012630/http://earthquake-report.com/2016/04/13/very-strong-earthquake-myanmar-on-april-13-2016/ 2016-04-23 dead Three religious structures in Kani Township were severely damaged, while the rooftop of a community building collapsed.https://reliefweb.int/report/myanmar/aha-centre-flash-update-myanmar-earthquake-14-april-2016 AHA Centre Flash Update - Myanmar Earthquake, 14 April 2016 Reliefweb AHA Centre
India
In India, at least two people died and more than 107 were reported to have been injured.Assam: At least two killed, 70 injured in earthquake http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-at-least-two-killed-70-injured-in-assam-earthquake-2201945 dnaindia.com DNA India 14 April 2016 2016-04-14 One of the deaths occurred in Guwahati, where a person was killed after being electrocuted by a fallen electric pole. Building damage and injuries occurred in the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Manipur, Odisha, and West Bengal.https://reliefweb.int/report/myanmar/myanmar-india-bangladesh-earthquake-echo-gdacs-usgs-local-media-echo-daily-flash-14 Myanmar, India, Bangladesh – Earthquake (ECHO, GDACS, USGS, Local Media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 14 April 2016) Reliefweb ECHO In the city of Kolkata, some buildings were cracked.https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/earthquake-in-myanmar-tremors-felt-across-north-india/story-TgzX1o8887pEWkb5uXFQwO.html Strong quake in Myanmar, tremors in parts of north, east India Hindustan Times
Bangladesh
Across the country, more than 80 people were injured,https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/myanmar-struck-by-70-magnitude-earthquake-usgs 6.9-magnitude quake strikes Myanmar, shakes neighbouring countries The Straits Times 2016-04-14https://www.thedailystar.net/country/tremor-felt-after-69-magnitude-myanmar-earthquake-1208680 Earthquake: 50 hurt, 4 buildings tilt in Ctg The Daily Star 2016-04-13 including workers rushing out of Ready Made Garment factories. Many structures nationwide were damaged or destroyed. Nine buildings were tilted in Chittagong, including three which were deemed as "dangerous".https://www.thedailystar.net/country/news/3-tilted-ctg-buildings-dangerous-1209172 3 tilted Ctg buildings ‘dangerous’ The Daily Star 2016-04-14 Some fifty persons suffered injuries in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka and north eastern city of Sylhet as they fled their homes and other buildings during the earthquake. Tremors were also felt in eastern and central Nepal.
See also
List of earthquakes in 2016
List of earthquakes in Myanmar
List of earthquakes in India
List of earthquakes in Bangladesh
References
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