New earthquake in Burma. This Sunday, April 13, around 4:30 am French time, the land again trembled in the center of the country. An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 according to the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Center (CESM). The epicenter is 82 kilometers south of the city of Mandalay, along the same failure in the origin of the earthquake that devastated Burma on March 28 and left more than 3,600 dead.
According to the United States Geological Institute, the USGS, the tremors were moderate in Meiktila, a city of almost 200,000 inhabitants and the great agglomeration closest to the seismic home.
A country without blood
At the end of March, the earthquake destroyed more than 5,200 buildings, according to official data, and more than two million people need help due to the earthquake, according to the UN. The United Nations appealed to donations, hoping to raise $ 275 million.
The country also remains exsangue for the current civil war from the 2021 Putsch army, which overthrew the elected leader SAN SUU KYI. The conflict left more than 6,300 civilians and caused the movement of more than 3.5 million people.
Source: BFM TV
