5 9 magnitude quake hits Myanmar Meteorological department

Thailand’s Meteorological Department reported that a mild earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 struck Myanmar on the morning of April 13.

The earthquake observation division of the department stated that the quake occurred at a depth of 10km at 10.24am Singapore time.

The division said its epicentre was approximately 271km north-west of Mae Hong Son province.

The earthquake was reportedly felt by residents in Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai in Thailand.

In Chiang Mai, residents on the seventh floor of a condominium in Tambon Suthep, in Mueang district, reported feeling a slight tremor and noticed ceiling lamps swaying gently. In Tambon Thasud, also in Mueang district, residents of the Kemintra boarding house reported feeling a slight tremor as well and the shaking of beds.

The division further reported that a 1.8-magnitude earthquake occurred in Tambon Mae Na Toeng of Mae Hong Son’s Pai district in northern Thailand at 9.42am.
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