Meiktila: An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 felt on Sunday morning near Meiktila, a small city in central Myanmar. Myanmar’s Meteorological Department stated Sunday’s quake took place in the area of Wundwin township, 97 kilometers (60 miles) south of Mandalay, at a depth of 20 kilometers (12 miles).
According to the US Geological Survey, epicentre of the new quake was roughly hallway between Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-biggest city, which sustained huge damage and casualties in last month’s earthquake, and Naypyitaw, the capital, where numerous government offices were then damaged. Earlier on March 28. A massive 7.7 magnitude temblor struck the country’s central region.
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According to the Thai Meteorological Department’s Earthquake Observation Division on Saturday, a total of 468 aftershocks were recorded. The Myanmar’s State Administration Council state the earthquake has killed 3,645 lives, injured 5,017 people, and left 148 missing.
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