Myanmar 7.2 magnitude quake struck only 80 kilometers from Yunnan

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Campbell, California, United States of America (Free-Press-Release.com) March 24, 2011 -- Beijing at 21:55 on the 24th occurred in the northeastern part of Myanmar 7.2 earthquake, the focal depth of 20 km. From the border area of ​​Yunnan Province of China epicenter about 80 km.

Less than half a minute after the earthquake, the time, this region has occurred in the magnitude 7 earthquake, focal depth about 230 km. China Central Television quoted the latest news from Myanmar, said Myanmar 24 7.2 magnitude earthquake caused landslides in the country Shan State and other geological disasters, has resulted in at least 10 people were killed. Affected by the earthquake in Myanmar, Yunnan, Guangxi, a strong sense of the earthquake. General AP

Myanmar, Thailand and Laos, near the northeastern border area the evening of 24 inland earthquake.

United Nations Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System news release said the quake occurred at 20:25 local time (GMT 21:55), the epicenter from the border area of ​​Yunnan Province in China about 80 km.

Determination of the U.S. Geological Survey, there were two earthquakes in this region, which is only the first earthquake focal depth of 10 km, the second earthquake occurred after less than a minute apart, and tensile strength magnitude 7.0, but the deeper source for 230 km.

U.S. Geological Survey's icon shows that the first earthquake epicenter was located at latitude 20.70 degrees east longitude 99.95 degrees from the northern Thai city of Chiang Rai, about 110 km. According to China's national earthquake measuring the earthquake epicenter was 20.8 degrees north latitude, 99.8 degrees east longitude, magnitude 7.2, focal depth about 20 km.

The area belonging to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos border of the "Golden Triangle" region.

In the U.S. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii said the quake epicenter from the sea by far, not a destructive tsunami.

According to Thai media reports, about 770 kilometers from the epicenter of the quake was the Thai capital Bangkok, the Thai-Myanmar border from the close of Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai, the occurrence of some of the buildings collapsed.

Among them, the government in Chiang Rai, a woman in the earthquake that triggered the housing collapse killed in the accident. The woman living in the northern region of Chiang Rai, about 4 km from the border.

According to the China earthquake measuring, Beijing at 23:54 on the 24th Xu, Myanmar (latitude 20.6 north, longitude 99.9) 5.9 earthquake occurred, the focal depth of 10 km.

[Microblogging witnessed]

Old acquaintance @: Mengzi, just at the moment there was a slight vibration, the dome light pull in Akira. Mengzi's friends feel it?

@ Elizabeth_CL: I have to run the aftershocks occurred twice.

@ Lee_ Li: Today, an earthquake, Devon, Devon Teachers Academy dormitory, felt strongly that students fled screaming downstairs, stood in the playground 2 hours, the scene is not a teacher to maintain order, and no teacher there, only a picture of the face of panic! Loss.

The language of the Red River @ Wu Hao: Myanmar Earthquake in Yunnan Red felt in many states, and some people ran out of the house, in the streets shock. State public security department launched the emergency mechanism, publicity departments immediately activated the emergency report, the media interviewed the night, and strive to provide to the public the most timely and accurate information. At this time, people thirst for information than the demand for food, the news media information services must keep pace with - even now the morning of.

[Country felt]

Yunnan: cracks in residential buildings

At 21:58, an office to work in Kunming, Mr. Chen finished adding classes, is hard at packing bags to leave the office, the feeling of dizziness hit, the computer screen, shaking up the light in front, hanging on the ceiling in the office " "The word is also decorative rock. His first reaction was, do not they an earthquake?

Chen head out look out the window, heard outside talking about: "This is the earthquake happened? Where the earthquake?" Later, Chen also ran out of the house of last resort, have stood on the street he saw some curious residents who feel To: "just the first very faint, as if an earthquake!" A few minutes later, looking at no new response, he entered the house, the first time to write a new micro-blog: "how shaky, is not the earthquake, and I still in office 13 floors it, too lazy to run. "

Last night, reporters found that some people have felt in Kunming, "felt" this is the first time felt "dizzy" and even some residents of high-rise office building, ran out of the corridor ... ...

Jinghong city in the district to spend to live with Miss Ho introduction, she lived in the building 1 room in the household are running out, the building began to see the emergence of a treaty 3-4 cm wide cracks, has been split from the top floor of 12 stories to the third floor. Entire building tenants are now afraid to go home to sleep, have to go out looking for friends and relatives for shelter.

Guangxi: wall calendars are crashing

Guangxi Nanning, Baise and other places are clearly felt.

Dongge Road, Nanning, who lives in the Q. He was watching TV at home felt the wall calendars with the fall. In the evening, some residents of Nanning City after the earthquake in the sense of emergency evacuation to the streets and open spaces.

Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Regional Seismological Bureau official said, has not yet received reports of damage caused by the earthquake, the region's seismic system is closely watching developments related to the earthquake situation.

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