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The Myanmar Earthquake Committee has warned that the risk exists of a high-intensity earthquake on the Sagaing Fault that would trigger a tsunami along the Burmese coastline.
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Earthquake committee says that although small-scale quakes are common in Burma, people should not worry too much about a devastating disaster.
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake briefly jolted buildings in Burma’s largest city and commercial hub Rangoon on Monday evening at around 8:50 p.m. local time.
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The number of temples that will need extensive repairs has risen from 187 last week to 397 as the Department of Archaeology continues to inventory the damage.
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A powerful earthquake shook central Burma on Wednesday, killing at least three people and damaging scores of centuries-old Buddhist pagodas around the ancient capital of Bagan.
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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.
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No casualties and no major damage resulted from the earthquake that struck western Sagaing Division late Wednesday evening.
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The 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck northwestern Burma and sent strong tremors through Burma, eastern India, Bangladesh and parts of Nepal.
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A prayer vigil on Tuesday was held at Rangoon’s Shwedagon pagoda for victims of the catastrophic earthquake that shook the Himalayan country on 25 April.
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DVB speaks to Sayadaw Nanujjota-Bhivamsa of the international Buddhist Meditation Centre (IBMC) near Kathmandu about the Nepalese earthquake.
Rangoon’s Department of Meteorology and Hydrology has reported that a magnitude 5.4 earthquake occurred today at around 4am in central Burma. The epicentre of the quake was 49km from Chauk[…]
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 has shaken the Burma-China border region, AFP has reported. According to the United States Geographical Survey (USGS), who detected the quake, the epicentre[…]
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Earthquakes in Burma over the weekend have raised concerns that the tremors may have spread there from northern Thailand, where a quake struck on 5 May.
A 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit northern Thailand, near the Burmese border, on Monday evening, shaking buildings as far afield as Rangoon and Bangkok. In Chiang Mai, the tremor was felt in[…]
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[…]
Up to 75 people have died after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Burma’s Shan state on Thursday evening. Relief teams fear however that the region’s more isolated towns and villages[…]
Police in Burma’s eastern Shan state say that up to 75 people may have been killed in the 6.8-magnitude earthquake that struck close to Tarlay, around 100 kilometres north of[…]
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One decade after an earthquake killed almost 70,000 people, China’s investment in disaster preparedness means a similar tragedy is unlikely, said experts who urged other Asian nations to follow suit.
Listed only as Pagoda No 1066 and housing a Buddha statue, the structure measured 26 feet by 26 feet and was 40 feet high.
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An international team of scientists is set to begin a four-year project this month that will map, image and monitor an earthquake-prone area that encompasses some of the most remote and densely populated parts of Asia, including Burma.
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An American tourist has died after falling from one of the hundreds of pagodas that dot Bagan, a major travel destination in central Burma, according to the Department of Archaeology, National Museum and Library office there.
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Burma’s government says past three years that the number of climate-induced disasters such as floods and cyclones has increased over the past three years.
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The UN says that one in four people in Burma live in low-quality housing, exposing them to greater threats during natural disasters.
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Residents of some villages in Irrawaddy Division’s Ngapudaw Township say they are beating back a recent infestation of rats, with hundreds of the vermin dispatched by local brigades of amateur exterminators this week.
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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.
On a tour of the ancient archaeological site Bagan on Tuesday, State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi suggested that the long-held practice of scaling the major tourist attraction’s temples for sunrise and sunset views should be banned in future.
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At least 400 victims of Asia’s 2004 tsunami that killed 226,000 people remain unidentified in Thailand 12 years on, police said on Monday.
Built during the reign of King Htilominlo (1211-31 AD), the historic red-brick temple suffered extensive damage in a 6.8 magnitude earthquake in August.
