Earthquake in Myanmar 2011
| Earthquake in Myanmar 2011 | |||
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| Coordinates | 20 ° 42 '18 " N , 99 ° 56' 56" E | ||
| date | March 24, 2011 | ||
| Time | 13:55:12 UTC (local time +6: 30) | ||
| intensity | IX on the MM scale | ||
| Magnitude | 6.8 M W | ||
| depth | 10 km | ||
| epicenter | at Loimwe
(56 km southeast of Kengtung )
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| country | Myanmar , Thailand , Laos , People's Republic of China , Vietnam | ||
| dead | at least 75 | ||
| Injured | at least 110 | ||
The 2011 earthquake in Myanmar was a powerful earthquake in Shan State in eastern Myanmar on March 24, 2011. According to the United States Geological Survey, the epicenter was 772 km north of Bangkok , Thailand , 589 km northeast of Rangoon , Myanmar and 168 km south-southwest of Yunjinghong in Yunnan , People's Republic of China , near the triangle between Myanmar, Thailand and Laos . The hypocenter of the earthquake with the moment magnitudeAccording to this information, 6.8 MW was at a depth of ten kilometers.
Tectonic overview
The deformations and earthquakes in Myanmar and the adjacent areas of Southeast Asia today are caused by the northward movement of the Indian plate . This collides with the Eurasian plate , with Myanmar being in the eastern part of this collision zone, east of the plate boundary between the Indian plate and the Sunda plate . At the latitude of the earthquake on March 24th, the Indian Plate moves north-northeast in relation to the Sunda Plate at an average speed of about 45 mm / year. The majority of the movements between the two plates are concentrated on the Sagaing Fault, a north-south fault with right-sided blade displacement , where the two plates, based on GPS data, meet each other at a speed of around 18 mm per year slide by. The fault is nearly four hundred kilometers west of the epicenter of the March 24 earthquake. Numerous major tremors have occurred at this fault in the past, including an event with a magnitude of 6.9 in February 1991 that killed two people.
Further deformations from the collision between the Indian plate and the Sunda plate extend eastwards through Myanmar into neighboring Thailand and north of Laos. In northeast Myanmar, this meeting of the plates causes deformations in the interior of the Shan Plateau and the Shan Thai Block. These are intersected by a series of northeast trending left-hand faults. The March 24 earthquake struck a region of the Shan Thai block. The next larger and destructive earthquake was an earthquake event with a magnitude of 6.8 in July 1995 with an epicenter about 170 km further north-northeast, the effects of which caused 11 people to lose their lives.
The focal area solution for the event of March 24, which indicates a left-sided shift of a nodal plane trending northeast, is similar to the focal area solutions of other historical earthquake events in northeast Myanmar. Recent events in the region include the 2011 Yunnan earthquake and the 2007 Laos earthquake .
Victim
It was first reported that the landslides that triggered the quake killed ten people in Tachileik and Tarpin, north of it. More reports were received over the next day. At least 74 people were killed in Myanmar, one person died in Mae Sai, Thailand as a result of the effects of the earthquake, and at least 111 people were injured. In Tarlay, between Tachileik and Mong Hpyak , 40 people were killed and 130 houses collapsed. In the region, the ground sagged by 1.5 meters in places.
The Bangkok Post reported a higher number of victims , citing a reporter from the Shan Herald News Agency . Accordingly, more than 150 people died as a result of the earthquake. Myanmar's military government tends to limit the flow of information; For example, she long downplayed the extent of the catastrophe in the case of Cyclone Nargis .
Effects
At times, high-rise buildings were evacuated in Chiang Rai in Thailand, in Menghai County in Yunnan Province and in Nanning in the autonomous region of Guangxi in the People's Republic of China, and in Hanoi in Vietnam , and the tremors were also felt in Bangkok. The Wat Chedi Luang was damaged by the quake. The tremors destroyed 390 homes, 14 monasteries and nine government buildings in Myanmar. At least 128 houses collapsed in Mong Lin . In northern Thailand there was damage to several hospitals.
According to the calculations of the United States Geological Survey regarding the calculated extent of the affected population, the property damage is probably just under 100 million US dollars .
Relief efforts
The Thai government has made three million baht available for those affected by the earthquake in Myanmar .
supporting documents
- ↑ a b Powerful quake in NE Myanmar kills more than 70 (English) , Sydney Morning Herald . March 26, 2011.
- ↑ Magnitude 6.8 - MYANMAR ( English ) United States Geological Survey . March 24, 2011. Retrieved March 26, 2011.
- ↑ a b c Burma earthquake: At least 75 people killed (English) , British Broadcasting Corporation. March 25, 2011. Retrieved March 26, 2011.
- ↑ a b c Magnitude 6.8 - MYANMAR Earthquake Summary ( English ) United States Geological Survey . March 24, 2011. Retrieved March 26, 2011.
- ↑ At least 10 killed in 7.0-magnitude quake in Myanmar (English) , Xinhua. March 25, 2011. Retrieved March 26, 2011.
- ↑ At least 75 killed in Burma quake: officials (English) , Bangkok Post. March 25, 2011. Retrieved March 26, 2011.
- ↑ Xiang Zhang: 40 killed in Tarlay in Myanmar quake (English) , Xinhua. March 25, 2011. Retrieved March 26, 2011.
- ↑ a b c Burmese quake toll 'over 150' wdate = 2011-03-27 (English) , Bangkok Post . Retrieved March 28, 2011.
- ↑ Myanmar quake rocks part of south China (English) . In: Xinhua , Xinhua, March 25, 2011. Retrieved March 26, 2011.
- ↑ Hla Hla Htay: Two dead as strong quake hits Burma (English) . In: West Australia Today , March 25, 2011. Retrieved March 26, 2011.
- ↑ Yang Fang: Death toll of Myanmar's earthquake rises to 74, 111 people injured (English) , Xinhua. March 26, 2011.
- ↑ PAGER - 6.8 - MYANMAR ( English ) United States Geological Survey . March 24, 2011. Archived from the original on October 21, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 26, 2011.
