Myanmar Earthquake News: The death toll in the devastating earthquake in Myanmar on Friday is increasing. More and more bodies are being extracted from the debris of hundreds of buildings, and the death toll due to earthquake in the south-eastern Asian country has increased to more than 1,700, while more than 3,500 people are said to be injured. A large -scale rescue operations have also been launched in Myanmar’s earthquake affected areas. While the earthquake that occurred yesterday has caused widespread panic among the people, on Saturday, people felt the tremors of earthquake. Its intensity was recorded at 5.1 on the Richter scale. In the last two days, the earth has moved 16 times in Myanmar.
Unlike media reports, Myanmar’s military government, one of the world’s poorest countries, said on Saturday that 1,002 people were killed and 2,370 others were injured in the earthquake, while 30 people were missing. The statement also said that the death toll may increase as detailed information has not been received from many places. Myanmar, also known as Burma, is entangled in a long -running civil war, which has made it difficult to provide humanitarian aid to earthquake victims. On Saturday, a 5.1 magnitude earthquake also occurred in Myanmar, whose center was stated to be near the capital Nepita. Apart from this, many shocks were also felt, one of which had a intensity of 4.2.
The military government of Myanmar has said that blood has ended in the blood banks of the country. They require large amounts of blood. The previous governments of the country were slow in receiving foreign aid, but Prime Minister Min Aung Holiing said that they are ready to accept assistance from abroad.
There is a lot of probability of earthquake in Myanmar due to friction between Eurasian and Indo-Australian plates. According to the Earthquake Matrix of the International Earthquaker Center, 140 earthquakes of 3.0 or more intensity were recorded every year in Myanmar and surrounding areas from 1990 to 2019. This suggests that Myanmar is sensitive to the danger of medium and high -intensity earthquakes, including tsunamis on its long coastline.
The earthquake in Sagiing near Mandle city of Myanmar also had a serious impact on Bangkok city of Thailand. Many tall buildings in both countries have collapsed. Efforts are on to search for living people in the debris of these buildings. In Myanmar’s capital, Nipita, government employees on Saturday started the work of repairing roads, electricity supply, phone and internet services. The Napatavat International Airport control tower collapsed due to the earthquake.
Rescuers are also trying to take out the people buried under the debris in Thai capital Bangkok. According to media reports, 10 people have died in Bangkok, but more than 100 people are feared buried in the debris of collapsed buildings. Work is going on to save them. The next day of the earthquake, new videos of the incident are going viral on social media, which further exposed its horrors.
Thailand officials said the tremors and shocks of the earthquake were felt across the country. Information about the damage done to residential buildings, hospitals and temples is still being collected at several places in North Thailand. However, it is believed that the number of casualties occurred only in Bangkok.
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