People must be evacuated if necessary in the wake of earthquake in Yangon

 A mild magnitude 4.1 earthquake jolted the country’s commercial city Yangon that has damaged some of the buildings. The earthquake’s epicentre was 13 kilometres from Yangon Region’s Taikkyi Township at a depth of about 10 kilometres.

The quake did minimal damage, but the tops of three small stupas at Myanmar’s iconic Shwedagon Pagoda fell down.

The quake had caused a high-rise building in Tarmwe Nat Chaung ward's Arthawka street, a building in Myittarnyunt ward's Shwe Wah street, a building at the corner of the Arthawka street and the Satipahtan street in Hmahlwakone Htaykywe (D) ward to lean. It had also caused a RC 4-storey building to lean slightly to the right. The earthquake affected buildings are being inspected thoroughly.

People must be evacuated if necessary according to the Yangon City Development Committee-owned newspaper.Yangon Regional Government held a meeting on 13 November to disscuss earthquake precautions.

Zaw Paing Oo

Translated by Kyaw Hsu Wai

Credit: iMyanmarHouse.com