BY SUCCESS KANAYO UCHIME
Following the earthquake and subsequent tsunami that devastated Japanese people, another earthquake has happened in the Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar on Thursday.
In a report by the CNN Wire Staff (http://edition.cnn.com), it noted that the death toll from the powerful earthquake 6.8-magnitude has gone up to 65 adding that at least 111 people were injured.
(The devastating effect of the Myanmar earthquake)
Quoting the Myanmar Radio and the U.S. Geological Survey, CNN said the earthquake happened near Myanmar’s borders with China, Thailand and Laos adding that it was a relatively shallow quake, which can be very destructive.
The U.S Geological Survey according to the report said that the quake had a depth of 142 miles (230 kilometers), but it later revised its estimate to say the quake was 6 miles (10 km) deep, putting it fairly close to the surface.
It noted that Myanmar, which is also known as Burma, has been badly hit by natural disasters in the past few years and that a powerful cyclone in 2008 left an estimated 100,000 people dead, and another one two years later left 70,000 people homeless according to United Nations (U.N).
CNN said the quake was significantly less powerful than the one that hit Japan two weeks ago, causing a tsunami and leaving thousands dead or missing stressing that the quake also prompted fears of a nuclear meltdown.
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Following the earthquake and subsequent tsunami that devastated Japanese people, another earthquake has happened in the Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar on Thursday.
In a report by the CNN Wire Staff (http://edition.cnn.com), it noted that the death toll from the powerful earthquake 6.8-magnitude has gone up to 65 adding that at least 111 people were injured.
(The devastating effect of the Myanmar earthquake)
Quoting the Myanmar Radio and the U.S. Geological Survey, CNN said the earthquake happened near Myanmar’s borders with China, Thailand and Laos adding that it was a relatively shallow quake, which can be very destructive.
The U.S Geological Survey according to the report said that the quake had a depth of 142 miles (230 kilometers), but it later revised its estimate to say the quake was 6 miles (10 km) deep, putting it fairly close to the surface.
It noted that Myanmar, which is also known as Burma, has been badly hit by natural disasters in the past few years and that a powerful cyclone in 2008 left an estimated 100,000 people dead, and another one two years later left 70,000 people homeless according to United Nations (U.N).
CNN said the quake was significantly less powerful than the one that hit Japan two weeks ago, causing a tsunami and leaving thousands dead or missing stressing that the quake also prompted fears of a nuclear meltdown.
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