Naypyidaw [Myanmar], December 13 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 3.9 struck Myanmar early Saturday, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) reported. It occurred at 07:14 IST at a depth of 115 kilometres, at latitude 24.79 N and longitude 94.99 E, the NCS said on X.
Earlier this week NCS recorded a magnitude 3.8 quake on Thursday and a magnitude 4.6 quake on Wednesday at a depth of 138 km.
Myanmar is vulnerable to moderate and large earthquakes and tsunamis along its long coastline. It lies between the Indian, Eurasian, Sunda and Burma plates, whose interactions drive active geology. A 1,400-kilometre transform fault runs through Myanmar, linking the Andaman spreading centre to the northern collision zone known as the Sagaing Fault.
The Sagaing Fault raises seismic hazard for Sagaing, Mandalay, Bago and Yangon, which together hold about 46% of Myanmar’s population. Although Yangon is relatively distant from the fault trace, its dense population increases risk; for example, a magnitude-7.0 earthquake in Bago in 1903 also affected Yangon.
After the magnitude 7.7 and 6.4 earthquakes that struck central Myanmar on March 28, the World Health Organization warned of rapidly rising health threats for tens of thousands of displaced people in affected areas, including tuberculosis, HIV and vector- and water-borne diseases.
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