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Street salespeople next to a collapsed building after the March 28 earthquake, and, Mandalay, Myanmar – April 12, 2025
An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 today shook the center of Myanmar, at a time when the country suffered the consequences of the earthquake that killed more than 3,600 people in March. There are not yet material damage or registered deadly victims.
The tremor was recorded at 8:54 pm local hours (03:24 in Lisbon) at a depth of 7.7 kilometers, according to the United States Geological Service (USGs), which measures seismic activity worldwide.
The epicenter of the earthquake was located about 100 Quilometers A Sul de Mandalaythe second city of Myanmar (former Burma) and one of the hardest For the earthquake of March 28, the since 1912.
So far, No damage was registered or victims in the country, where thousands of people continue to sleep on the streets Of the areas devastated by the March earthquake, and thousands of buildings collapsed in seconds and were reduced to mountains of rubble.
O, followed by several replicas, killed at least 3,600 people And he seriously injured 5,017, according to the last balance of the military junta, which is discussed with logistics problems and aid shortage.
Nearly 8.5 million people were directly affected By the March earthquake, which motivated the emergency declaration in six regions, caused the collapse or partial damage to almost 21,800 houses, 805 office buildings, 1,041 schools, 921 monasteries and convents, 1,690 pagodas, 312 religious buildings, 48 hospitals and 18 hectares of plantations, according to the military junta.
Following the catastrophe, Both the coup military and the armed opposition and other temporary ethnic guerrillas to facilitate the distribution of humanitarian aid.
Despite the ceasefire declared by the military junta, the groups that oppose the regime denounced More than 60 air strikes and artillery following the earthquake.
International rescuer teams, including from countries such as the United States and Japan, are also participating in the rescue effortswith a second contingent of 37 experts highlighted today to continue to remove the rubble and look for the missing.
