Several quakes rattle Myanmar's largest city, no damage seen | Inquirer News

Several quakes rattle Myanmar’s largest city, no damage seen

/ 11:18 AM January 12, 2018

USGS Myanmar 12 January 2018

YANGON, Myanmar – Several earthquakes caused some panic in Myanmar’s largest city early Friday, but no serious injuries or major damage has yet been reported.

Residents said their six-story building shook three times, with the strongest quake lasting at least a minute.

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“We were sleeping, but as the building was shaking pretty strong, we all woke up in a panic,” Yangon resident Swe Swe Myint said.

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The United States Geological Survey (USGS) said the first quake that occurred just before 1 a.m. was magnitude-6.0 and had a shallow depth of 10 kilometers.

Its epicenter was about 27 kilometers  southwest of Phyu township, about 172 kilometers north of Yangon.

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Three quakes of magnitude-5.3 and magnitude-5.2 followed within 20 minutes.

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The Myanmar Earthquake Committee said the epicenters were close to at least two dams.

But after daylight broke, no major damage or casualties had yet been reported.     /kga

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