Sub-title:
Three earthquakes shook several townships in Chin State and Sagaing Region during the past few days, an official of the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology said.
Description:
"The quakes were recorded by Hakha seismological observatory, he added.
People in Htantlang township in Chin, and Kalay and Kalaywa townships in Sagaing felt the earthquakes, but no damage or injuries were reported.
The quakes were traced to movement in the Kabaw Fault in Chin. The fault lies roughly parallel to the India-Myanmar border near Mizoram in the foothills of the mountains separating the plains of central Myanmar from the Rakhine Mountains, extending roughly 300 kilometres southward.
U Yin Myo Min Htwe, assistant director of the department, said the earthquakes were triggered by movement of the Kabaw Fault. “The fault could trigger a landslide in Chin.”
A moderate, magnitude 5.1 earthquake with its epicentre about 5 miles southeast of Kalaywa struck on Friday at a depth of 58 kilometres. The other two earthquakes, with magnitudes of 4.4 and 4.5, struck on Thursday and Saturday..."
Source/publisher:
"Myanmar Times" (Myanmar)
Date of Publication:
2019-10-21
Date of entry:
2019-10-21
Grouping:
- Individual Documents
Category:
Countries:
Myanmar
Administrative areas of Burma/Myanmar:
Chin, Sagaing
Language:
English
Resource Type:
text
Text quality:
- Good