Slight earthquake jolts Nay Pyi Taw

Nay Pyi Taw, 29 September


No immediate reports of damages or casualties were available following a slight earthquake which was recorded at 11:51 p.m. yesterday, the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology announced.  

 
An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.5 on the Richter Scale, with its epicenter inside Myanmar hit about 3 miles west of Pyinmana, at a latitude 19.74°N, and longitude 95.17°E, with depth 10 kilometers and about 3 miles west-southeast of the Nay Pyi Taw seismological observatory, the DMH said.


DMH
Translated by Kyaw Htike Soe