A strong earthquake struck Myanmar on Wednesday. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
While the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has said the 6.9-magnitude quake struck at a depth of 135 kilometres, Germany’s Research Centre for Geosciences says the magnitude was 7.1.
The USGS says the quake’s epicentre was 396 km north of Myanmar’s capital, Naypyidaw.
An Associated Press journalist who was in a hospital in Yangon at the time of the quake said the seven-story building shook strongly twice, for at least a minute. Many people in the hospital, including patients, staff and visitors, ran out of the building and began calling their loved ones.
The quake, centered in the jungle and hills northwest of Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-biggest city, was felt in the eastern Indian states of Assam and West Bengal
Tremors felt in India
The tremors were felt in the northeast, West Bengal, Bihar and other parts of the country.
According to National Centre of Seismology (NCS), the earthquake occurred at 7:25 PM at the depth of 134 km. There were no immediate reports of damage to property and life
The tremors were felt in Assam’s Kaziranga area, where the Duke and the Duchess of Cambridge are visiting during their royal tour of India.
