What do we know about the earthquake in Myanmar

7.7 magnitude earthquake Hit the central myanmar On Friday, southeast Asia sends shock waves and leaves the trail of death and destruction.

Military Khunta in Myanmar, said that 144 people were killed and 732 were injured. The number of deaths expected to cause the country to death came to the second largest city in the country, Mandalay hospitals.

The quake, a skyscraper under construction in Bangkok, killing at least seven people and is missing them. He also shook the buildings in China and voiced bridges and houses far away as Vietnam.

Myanmar is in the throats of a civil war that leaves about 20 million people with the necessary food and shelter. Censorship applied by the military government In Thailand and other countries, the damage scale, even in other countries, limited the dissemination of information from the center of the disaster.

Where was the epicenter?

The US Geological Survey says the earthquake near Mandalay Mandalay Mandalay, according to US geological research at 12:50 local time. About 12 minutes later a 6.4 magnitude hit the same area to the same area.

A magnitude 7.7 earthquake is considered a basis. The magnitude of the plant is classified in areas where strong and possible areas can be harmed, According to the agency.

Central Myanmar in the movement of large plates of the earth’s crust, Tending to strong earthquakes. The country’s most active seismic activity zone in the eastern end of the Alpine pipeline. Three earthquakes in the power of 7.7 or more, near the last century myanmar or near the last USGS database in 1988.

On Friday, the earthquake hit a divine depth of six miles, that is, it was likely to cause more violent vibrations. This concussion was felt like Bangkok, 800 miles from the epicenter of Thailand’s capital.

Which countries affected?

Despite limited information from the authorities in Myanmar, the earthquake was almost most destructive. There is a Mandalay city of Mandalay, the largest major city near the epicenter Estimated population 1.5 million people.

Neighbor Thailand also felt the earthquake, especially in Bangkok About 11 million people Live in the Metropolitan Area. Prime Minister Paetongtarn declared the city of Shineseawatra “Ambulance” and asked residents to ask them to give up tall buildings.

In China, the news media in the province of Yunnan, neighboring Myanmar, Ruili’s busy border-border cities damaged buildings.

Unfortunately, in Bangladesh, in the western of Myanmary, but there was no immediate news about the damage.

What is the number of deaths and what damage was it?

Demolition and injured people are expected to rise as rescue workers dug out excavations. Myanmar’s military government said 144 people were killed and 732 were injured, but the full size of payments was difficult to evaluate in a country in isolated from the rest of the world.

In Mandalay, the video showed that the Ava bridge, built by the British in the 1930s, partially collapsed by the images approved by the New York Times. But heavy censorship It was difficult to see the full size of the damage applied by the Myanmar’s military government.

In Thailand, at least seven people died and died with them, and disappeared when a skyscraper in Bangkok collapsed. At least 20 people were trapped in an elevator shaft, it was not known if an officer said and still alive. The city rose train service was closed and people fled from tall buildings after emergency.

Chinese State media reported A large number of people were injured in the city of Ruili.

What help is available?

In Myanmar, the worst shot is in the center of the country managed by the Military Khunta. In 2008, the disasters in 2023 in 2023 as Cyclone Mocha and Cyclone Nargis asked international assistance and throtted help in the military government, international assistance and its control.

Hunta after a strong earthquake on Friday He made a rare appeal for help. Plea pointed out that the authorities are closed for the high number of deaths.

“We will cooperate with the best care for the victims,” ​​General Zaw Min Tun, Myanmar’s military spokesman said that the government declared an emergency in six regions.

The territories of the country run by the rebel forces are farther away from the earthquake. These areas seem to be relatively unfit, but the information in the isolated areas can be slow.

World Health Organization said that I look to send trauma accessories to support Myanmar. International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies gossip The teams in the country assessed the situation.

Contributed by reporting Abuse Lee Wee, John yoon, Keith Bradsher, John Keefe, Richard C. Paddock, Muktita Suhartono, Adam Patiarar and Paul Mozur.