Third tremor of magnitude 4.5 jolts Myanmar

An earthquake of magnitude 4.5 hit Myanmar's Yangon on Thursday, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said.

Third tremor of magnitude 4.5 jolts Myanmar
Third tremors of magnitude 4.5 jolts Myanmar (Image Credit: Twitter/@NCS_Earthquake). Image Credit: ANI
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Third back-to-back tremors of over magnitude 4.5 jolted Myanmar, 3 hours after the second one that took place around 2:53 am IST An earthquake of magnitude 4.5 hit Myanmar's Yangon on Thursday, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said.

The quake occurred at 05:43:00 IST. Its depth was reported at 48 Km. "Earthquake of Magnitude:4.5, Occurred on 22-06-2023, 05:43:00 IST, Lat: 15.32 & Long: 96.56, Depth: 48 Km, Location: 174km SSE of Yangon, Myanmar," NCS said in a tweet.

Earlier, the second quake with a magnitude of 4.2 took place at 02:52:08 IST. Its depth was reported at 10 Km. "Earthquake of Magnitude:4.2, Occurred on 22-06-2023, 02:52:08 IST, Lat: 15.40 & Long: 96.19, Depth: 10 Km, Location: 160 km S of Yangon, Myanmar"," the NCS said in a tweet.

Meanwhile, the first one hit Myanmar's Yangon at 23:56:23 IST. "Earthquake of Magnitude:4.4, Occurred on 21-06-2023, 23:56:23 IST, Lat: 14.83 & Long: 96.56, Depth: 25 Km, Location: 227km S of Yangon, Myanmar," the NCS said in a tweet.

No reports of casualties have surfaced yet. Further details awaited. (ANI).

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