Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Moderate quake jolts Myanmar

Moderate quake jolts Myanmar

 An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale jolted an area near Homalin, a small town in Sagaing region, northwestern part of Myanmar at 9:46 a.m. local time (0316 GMT) on Monday, according to Myanmar's Department of Hydrology and Meteorology.

The quake-hit area lies 336 kilometers northwest of Mandalay and 32 km northeast of Homalin.

The epicenter, with a depth of 121 km, was measured at 24.9 degrees north latitude and 95.2 degrees east longitude.

No immediate report about the casualty and damage is available.

Editor: Fang Yang

English.news.cn   2011-11-21 13:30:05 FeedbackPrintRSS
YANGON, Nov. 21 (Xinhua)

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