magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck eastern Myanmar

BANGKOK : A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck eastern Myanmar on Thursday, the US Geological Survey reported.

The epicentre, in the hills of Myanmar close to the borders with Thailand and Laos, was only 10 kilometres (six miles) deep.

It was located 90 kilometres (56 miles) north of Chiang Rai in Thailand and 235 kilometres (146 miles) north-north-east of Chiang Mai, Thailand’s second city and a popular tourist destination.

No tsunami warning was issued, with seismologists saying the quake was too far inland to generate a devastating wave in the Indian Ocean.

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Earthquake Details

• This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude	6.8
Date-Time	Thursday, March 24, 2011 at 13:55:12 UTC Thursday, March 24, 2011 at 08:25:12 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	20.705°N, 99.949°E
Depth	10 km (6.2 miles)
Region	MYANMAR
Distances	89 km (55 miles) N of Chiang Rai, Thailand 168 km (104 miles) SSW of Yunjinghong, Yunnan, China 589 km (365 miles) NE of Rangoon, Myanmar 772 km (479 miles) N of BANGKOK, Thailand
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 15.4 km (9.6 miles); depth +/- 5.8 km (3.6 miles)
Parameters	NST=109, Nph=109, Dmin=234.9 km, Rmss=0.88 sec, Gp= 36°, M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=C
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	usc0002aes

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