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Experts call for quake awareness in Myanmar

Xinhua, September 26, 2016 Adjust font size:

Experts of the Myanmar Earthquake Committee have called for raising quake awareness as the quake-resistance structures are still few in some cities as they lie near the Sagaing Fault line, official media reported on Monday.

Myitgyina, Thabeikkyin, Tagaung, Sagaing, Mandalay, Nay Pyi Taw, Toungoo, Pyu and Bago, which are located along the Sagaing Fault, can be stricken by quake, the committee warned in at talk show in Yangon Sunday.

The committee said they are conducting quake awareness to people, engineers and constructors as well to know the quake risk management, preparedness measures and quake early warning system to mitigate the loss.

Specially, high-rise buildings in Yangon and Mandalay need to be checked for quake resistance, the committee stressed.

A powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar on Aug. 24, killing at least three people and injuring six others, damaging over 240 famous pagodas and temples in ancient Bagan city and other regions. Endit