A magnitude of magnitude 5.1 This Sunday has shaken the Burmese town of Mandalay, in the center of the country, in a new replica of the devastating earthquake on Friday that has left for now more than 1,600 dead and 3,400 injured.
The United States Geological Service (USGS) has identified the tremor with an epicenter 28 kilometers northwest of the city and a hypocenter 10 kilometers deep. For the moment There is no record of victims or material damage due to this new shake. Friday’s earthquake, of magnitude 7.7, unleashed a chain of replicas since then, the most powerful of which, 6.7, occurred minutes after the initial earthquake.
More than 1,600 dead
The Military Board of Burma (Myanmar) has updated this Saturday the number of deaths by the earthquake who made the whole country tremble this Friday, for the moment there is a total of 1,644 dead, 2,376 injured and 30 missingaccording to the first counts after visiting some devastated areas. The military regime, which holds power in Burma from the 2021 coup d’etat, published the figures in a statement released by the Telegram channel of the National Radio and Television Service (MRTV), after informing hours before almost 700 dead only in the Mandalay region, among the most affected.
The Chief of the Board, Min Aung Hlaing, visited Mandalay on Saturday, and the regime indicated through MRTV that data is still being collected. The tremor was recorded this Friday at 12:50 local time (6:20 GMT), 10 kilometers deep and with the epicenter between the cities of Sagaing and Mandalayabout 17 kilometers from the last city, the second largest city of Burma, according to the United States Geological Service (USGS).
The Armed Forces, who made power in Burma through a coup d’etat in 2021 and plunged the country into semi -art and conflict, have declared the Emergency state in six zones: Sagaing, Mandalay, Magway, Shan, Naipyidó and Bago. Burma is in a spiral of economic crisis and conflict from the assonated, with clashes in much of the country between the army and civil and prodemocratic guerrillas, which worsens the access and distribution of humanitarian aid.
The Military Board on Friday made an unusual request for help after declaring the state of emergency. The United Nations Rapporteur for Burma, Tom Andrews, warned that the Military Board uses as “weapon” the help And he asked the international community to channel it through the democratic opposition, headed by the self -denominated national unity government, and the ethnic groups opposed to the army.
The powerful earthquake was also felt in neighboring countries such as China, India and Thailand, in whose capital, Bangkok caused at least 9 dead and more than 100 missing after three buildings collapsed Under construction.
