Moderate earthquakes rock Mandalay
By Aye Sapay Phyu | Sunday, 22 September 2013A series of earthquakes measuring from 4.0 to 5.4 on the Richter Scale damaged buildings near Thabeikkyin township in Mandalay Region on September 20, government officials said on September 21.
"We have received telephone reports that three earthquakes with magnitudes of 4.0 to more than 5.0 jolted the Thabeikkyin and Khin Oo area in Mandalay Region," U Aung Khine, the deputy director general of the Department of Relief and Resettlement in Nay Pyi Taw, said on the morning of September 21.
"There was some damage in Khin Oo and Kanbalu in Sagaing township, but we are also waiting for more detailed reports on the damage."
The strongest earthquake, with a magnitude 5.4, struck at 6:55pm. Its epicentre was 6.5 kilometres (4 miles) northwest of Thabeikkyin and about 105km (65 miles) north of the Mandalay seismological observatory, according to an announcement from Department of Meteorology and Hydrology (DMH).
An official from the department said the first earthquake, measuring 4.0, occurred at 5:58pm, while the second, a 5.0 tumbler, hit at 6:23pm. They were centred about 8km (5 miles) south of Thabeikkyin.
"The quakes occurred along the Sagaing Fault. Some pagodas in Thabeikkyin were damage by the seismic activity," the official said.
The DMH said the earthquakes were felt in several townships in northern Mandalay and southern Sagaing regions, as well as in some areas of northern Shan State.
The Myanmar Earthquake Committee posted on its Facebook page on September 21 that very weak buildings and structures might be affected by the earthquake.
It also stated that if a large-scale seismic activity occurred in currently flooded areas near Mandalay, it could cause rapid fluctuations in water levels that could be "as dangerous as the tsunamis due to the flood level".
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