Burmese authorities on Tuesday said they were worried about the safety of a town in the northwest of Rangoon Division, after it was hit by a magnitude 5.1 earthquake the night before.
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Burma moves to save Bagan temples
Police and soldiers have been called in to help protect and rebuild centuries-old Buddhist pagodas in Bagan, a day after at least 187 of the brick temples were damaged in a powerful earthquake.
Earthquake strikes central Burma; no reports of casualties
An earthquake of 6.8 magnitude struck central Burma on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, shaking buildings across the country and the region.
BRIEF – 45 injured in China border quake
At least 45 people have been injured in the earthquake which struck on Friday around the Burma-China border, some 65 km southeast of Kachin capital Myitkyina, according to AP. Following another quake some days earlier in the same area of Yunnan, a total of 184, 678 have been moved to temporary shelters, according to Yunnanese …
BRIEF - 5.2 earthquake shakes up Mogok
A 5.2-magnitude earthquake hit 53km west of the town of Mogok, in Burma’s central Mandalay Division on Sunday afternoon. Details of damages have not yet been reported. According to the US Geological Survey, the tremor had a depth of 8.34km, and it was the second quake to rock the Mogok area in the past seven …
‘Buildings cracked; everything shook’
Burmese speak of Japan earthquake as 2,000 bodies are found this morning in Miyagi Prefecture and 10,000 remain missing in Minamisanriku