Flood – Myanmar (Burma), State of Karen, [Karen-wide]

Earth Watch Report  –  Flooding

• Image Credit: EPA
• A picture made available on 31 July 2013 shows a car submerged on a street outside an apartment building at a residential area in the Thai-Myanmar border district of Mae Sot, Tak province, northern Thailand, 30 July 2013.

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01.08.2013

Flood

Myanmar (Burma)

State of Karen, [Karen-wide]

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Flood in Myanmar (Burma) on Wednesday, 31 July, 2013 at 13:52 (01:52 PM) UTC.

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Nearly 25,000 people have been evacuated to makeshift camps after floods ravaged eastern Myanmar, an official said Wednesday, as relief teams struggled to reach remote areas inundated by water. Flood waters have risen dramatically after several days of heavy rain in Karen State forcing thousands to flee to nearly 80 relief camps, Chum Hre, director of the social welfare, relief and resettlement department said. “Altogether 24,499 flood victims have been evacuated” in Karen State, he said, adding hundreds more had been displaced in Mon and Rakhine states. “It is very difficult to reach some of the disaster-hit places because of the bad weather and landslides,” he said, adding that helicopters had been deployed.

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Flood in Myanmar (Burma) on Wednesday, 31 July, 2013 at 13:52 (01:52 PM) UTC.

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Updated:	Thursday, 01 August, 2013 at 03:42 UTC
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Nearly 25,000 people have been evacuated to makeshift camps after floods ravaged eastern Myanmar, an official said yesterday, as relief teams struggled to reach remote areas inundated by water. Floodwaters have risen dramatically after several days of heavy rain in Karen State, forcing thousands to flee to nearly 80 relief camps, Chum Hre, director of the social welfare, relief and resettlement department said. “Altogether 24,499 flood victims have been evacuated” in Karen State, he said, adding hundreds more had been displaced in Mon and Rakhine states. “It is very difficult to reach some of the disaster-hit places because of the bad weather and landslides,” he said, adding that helicopters had been deployed. Heavy rains also inundated areas across the border in Thailand. Seven Thai provinces remained flooded yesterday, the Interior Ministry said in its daily update. Three people have died since Monday after they were hit by trees felled by fast-moving water, it added. In Thailand’s western town of Mae Sot, which borders the flood-hit area of Myanmar, waters have receded in the town centre but remain high in outlying areas, especially near the frontier checkpoint. The situation has returned to normal in Mae Sot city,” Pramote Chantasri, of Mae Sot City Municipality said. “The worst was on Monday after four days of heavy rain in the mountains,” he said, adding the bridge between the two countries remains open. Parts of Thailand and Myanmar are inundated each year during the monsoon period, which ends in October. Deadly floods in 2011 left more than 800 dead in Thailand, inundating swathes of the country for months, deluging parts of the capital and taking a heavy toll on the country’s lucrative manufacturing industry.

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Myanmar floods force 25,000 into relief camps

Flood waters have risen dramatically after several days of heavy rain

• AFP
• Published: 13:19 July 31, 2013
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Yangon, Yangon division: Nearly 25,000 people have been evacuated to makeshift camps after floods ravaged eastern Myanmar, an official said on Wednesday, as relief teams struggled to reach remote areas inundated by water.

Flood waters have risen dramatically after several days of heavy rain in Karen State forcing thousands to flee to nearly 80 relief camps, Chum Hre, director of the social welfare, relief and resettlement department said.

“Altogether 24,499 flood victims have been evacuated” in Karen State, he said, adding hundreds more had been displaced in Mon and Rakhine states.

“It is very difficult to reach some of the disaster-hit places because of the bad weather and landslides,” he said, adding that helicopters had been deployed.

Heavy rains also inundated areas across the border in Thailand.

Seven Thai provinces remained flooded on Wednesday, the Interior Ministry said in its daily update.

Three people have died since Monday after they were hit by trees felled by fast-moving water, it added.

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Tropical Cyclone Mahasen weakened and fully dissipated

THE WATCHERS

WATCHING THE WORLD EVOLVE AND TRANSFORM

Posted by Chillymanjaro on May 17, 2013

Tropical Cyclone Mahasen fully dissipated after weakening into tropical storm on May 16, 2013. Luckily, its impact was far less damaging than initially expected. Mahasen veered west of its predicted path after dumping heavy rains over bay of Bengal coastal areas.

Mahasen hit land with maximum wind speeds of about 100 km/h (62 mph) and quickly weakened. There was no major tidal surge due the low tide in time of Mahasen’s landfall. However, many low-lying areas and islands were inundated by a surge during the storm. More than 49,000 thatched houses were destroyed.

The cyclone spared major populated areas in Bangladesh, including Chittagong and the seaside resort of Cox’s Bazar. By the time Mahasen hit Chittagong and Cox’s Bazar, wind speeds had plunged to 25 km/h (16 mph).

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this natural-color image the day that Mahasen came ashore. Clouds stretched across Bangladesh, northeastern India, and northwestern Burma.

The TRMM satellite had two very informative views as deadly tropical Cyclone Mahasen was moving toward and then over Bangladesh. TRMM passed above Mahasen on May 15, 2013 at 2133 UTC and saw Mahasen again on May 16, 2013 at 0406 UTC after the tropical cyclone’s center passed over Bengladesh’s Ganges Delta.

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Tropical Storm – Sri Lanka, Eastern Province, [Coastal regions] : Tropical cyclone Mahasen in the Bay of Bengal killed at least seven people in Sri Lanka

Earth Watch Report  –   Storms

4 of 12. A child sleeps inside a shelter house before cyclone Mahasen approaches in Chittagong May 16, 2013.
Credit: REUTERS/Andrew Biraj

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15.05.2013

Tropical Storm

Sri Lanka

Eastern Province, [Coastal regions]

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Tropical Storm in Sri Lanka on Wednesday, 15 May, 2013 at 15:51 (03:51 PM) UTC.

 

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A cyclone caused by a tropical depression in the Bay of Bengal killed at least seven people in Sri Lanka, government officials said on Tuesday. Cyclone Mahasen, which brought heavy rains and landslides to Sri Lanka, was expected to hit Bangladesh and Burma later this week. “Seven people have died and 10 people have got injured. There are 7,399 people from 1,947 families affected,” Lal Sarath Kumara, the spokesman at Sri Lanka’s Disaster Management Center said. The Center said 3,881 people had been displaced due to the cyclone. Three people were missing due to heavy rains and landslides. Officials at Sri Lanka’s Department of Meteorology have said the center of Cyclone Mahasen is located 900 km off the island nation’s eastern coastal town of Pottuvil.

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Cyclone Mahasen buffets Bangladesh coast, six dead

 

 

Evacuations underway ahead of storm

 

 

By Andrew Biraj

CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh | Thu May 16, 2013 7:48am EDT

(Reuters) – Cyclone Mahasen buffeted Bangladesh’s low-lying coast on Thursday, killing six people after forcing many thousands into emergency shelters, but authorities downgraded warnings later in the day as the storm lost strength.

A storm surge did cause some flooding along the coast at high tide and thousands of rickety huts were destroyed by torrential rain and wind, but the devastation was not as bad as had been feared.

Neighboring Myanmar, where there were fears for the safety of many thousands of internally displaced people living in camps, also appeared to have been largely spared.

The storm was moving northeast, into northeastern India, as it lost strength, meteorological officials said.

“It has now crossed over coastal areas and is a land depression over Bangladesh and adjoining areas of India and will gradually weaken further,” Mohammad Shah Alam, the director of the Bangladesh Meteorological Department, told Reuters.

Earlier, winds of up to 100 kph (60 mph) lashed the coast, whipping up big waves as the United Nations warned that 4.1 million people could be threatened.

A Bangladeshi army official at an control center set up to help with relief work said six people had been killed.

Some media said the death toll was nine, with some of them killed by falling trees.

About 50 people were injured, according to media reports.

Bangladesh, where storms have in the past killed many thousands of people, has more than 1,400 cyclone-proof buildings and many people moved into them as Mahasen approached.

 

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Mass evacuation in Bangladesh and Myanmar ahead of Tropical Cyclone Mahasen

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WATCHING THE WORLD EVOLVE AND TRANSFORM

Posted by Chillymanjaro on May 15, 2013

Tropical Cyclone Mahasen (01B) is now centered several hundred miles south of Kolkata, India, and will impact areas from northeastern India to Bangladesh and Myanmar over the next few days. The system is about to enter  into an area of warm sea surface temperatures and lower wind shear which will intensified the cyclone and give it opportunity to become even better organized. Landfall is expected to occur on May 16, 2013 with most forecast models putting the path between Chittagong (Bangladesh) and Maungdaw (Myanmar).

On May 13, 2013 the Suomi NPP satellite caught an interesting glimpse of the storm as it moved off the eastern coast of India. The VIIRS Day-Night Band was able to resolve lightning flashes towards the center of the storm, along with mesopheric gravity waves emanating outwards like ripples in a pond. These gravity waves are of particular interest to air traffic controllers so assist in identifying areas of turbulence. (Credit: NOAA/NASA/VIIRS)

TC Mahasen will bring life-threatening conditions to millions of people from northeastern India and into Bangladesh and Myanmar. Due the low elevations of this region (mostly shallower than 200 meters), flooding, mudslides and storm surge present the greatest threats. These areas have been hit by some of the deadliest cyclones across the globe.

According to GDACS, up to 22.3 million people people can be affected by wind speeds of tropical storm strength or above. In addition, 4.1 million people people are living in coastal areas below 5m and can therefore be affected by storm surge.

The highest impact, surge and rainfall predictions are for the Chittagong and Cox’s Bazaar areas of Bangladesh but there are serious concerns for Rakhine State where there are more than 140,000 IDPs. (Credit: OCHA/ReliefWeb)

Torrential rains caused floods and landslides across Sri Lanka, which are responsible for seven reported deaths. Several overcrowded boats carrying hundreds of evacuees capsized off the coast of western Myanmar after the lead boat crashed into rocks and more than 50 people are feared dead. Myanmar state television reported Monday that 5,158 people were relocated from low-lying camps in Rakhine state to safer shelters. But far more people are considered vulnerable.

Bathymetry of the Bay of Bengal (Credit: Geomap/MGDS)

Storm surge prediction model (Credit: IMD)

According to latest report by Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC), TC Mahasen is located approximately 246 nm southward of Calcutta, India. The system is moving north-northeastward at speed of 12 knots. Upper level analysis indicates an anticyclone to the east of the system continues to move into better vertical alignment with the low level circulation center, leading to a decrease in vertical wind shear to low levels (10 knots).

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Rohingya women reinforce their tents at the Ohnedaw Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp on the outskirts of Sittwe on May 15, 2013, as Cyclone Mahasen heads towards landfall. Hundreds of thousands of people in Bangladesh and Myanmar were ordered to evacuate Wednesday as a cyclone bore down on coastal areas home to flood-prone refugee camps for victims of sectarian unrest. Soe Than WIN/AFP/Getty Images

 

Bangladeshi marine sailors stand on the banks of the Bay of Bengal sea, as they prepare for the coming of tropical cyclone Mahasen, in Chittagong, Bangladesh, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. People living in coastal areas in Bangladesh and Myanmar are being evacuated as cyclone Mahasen appears to make landfall late Thursday or early Friday, according to news reports. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)

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Tropical Storm in Bangladesh on Thursday, 16 May, 2013 at 08:40 (08:40 AM) UTC.

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Updated:	Thursday, 16 May, 2013 at 11:38 UTC
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Cyclone Mahasen has struck the southern coast of Bangladesh, lashing remote fishing villages with heavy rain and fierce winds that flattened mud and straw huts and forced the evacuation of more than 1 million people. The main section of the storm reached land on Thursday and immediately began weakening, according to Mohammad Shah Alam, director of the Bangladesh meteorological department. However, its forward movement was also slowing, meaning that towns in its path would have to weather the storm for longer, he said. Even before the brunt of the storm hit, at least 18 deaths related to Mahasen were reported in Bangladesh, Burma and Sri Lanka. The storm could bring life-threatening conditions to about 8.2 million people in Bangladesh, Burma and north-east India, according to the UN’s Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Danger was particularly high for tens of thousands of displaced Rohingya people living in plastic-roofed tents and huts made of reeds in dozens of refugee camps along Burma’s western coast. Driven from their homes by violence, members of the Muslim minority group refused to follow evacuation orders. Many distrust officials in the majority-Buddhist country, where Rohingya have faced decades of discrimination. UN officials, hoping they would inspire greater trust, fanned out across the area to encourage people to leave. Early on Thursday, the cyclone battered the southern Bangladesh fishing village of Khepurpara along the Bay of Bengal with 62mph (100km/h) winds and was heading east toward the city of Chittagong and the seafront resort town of Cox’s Bazar. River ferries and boat services were suspended, and scores of factories near the Bay of Bengal were closed. The military said it was keeping 22 navy ships and 19 air force helicopters on alert. Tens of thousands of people fled their shanty homes along the coast and packed into cyclone shelters, schools, government office buildings and some of the 300 hotels in Cox’s Bazar to wait out the storm. Some brought their livestock, which took shelter outside.

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Registered earthquakes of 4.5 magnitude and stronger on November 11, 2012 : 5 for Guatemala and 5 for Myanmar

Earth Watch Report – Earthquakes

4.5	57km SW of Champerico, Guatemala	2012-11-11 23:49:27	13.978°N	92.335°W	38.1
5.0	51km SW of Champerico, Guatemala	2012-11-11 23:21:15	13.970°N	92.259°W	53.2

4.9	49km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala	2012-11-11 22:44:33	13.899°N	92.121°W	52.2
4.5	69km SSW of Ocos, Guatemala	2012-11-11 22:31:32	13.935°N	92.452°W	37.6

6.5

30km WSW of Champerico, Guatemala

2012-11-11 22:15:00

14.164°N

92.167°W

27.0

5.6

62km WNW of Mogok, Myanmar

2012-11-11 18:19:42

23.208°N

95.981°E

10.0

5.8

29km NE of Shwebo, Myanmar

2012-11-11 10:54:42

22.757°N

95.901°E

9.8

5.0	25km NE of Shwebo, Myanmar	2012-11-11 01:32:27	22.708°N	95.897°E	10.1
5.0	36km NE of Shwebo, Myanmar	2012-11-11 01:29:59	22.812°N	95.942°E	10.1

6.8

52km NNE of Shwebo, Myanmar

2012-11-11 01:12:38

23.014°N

95.883°E

9.8

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 Earth Watch Report  –  Earthquake

Second quake hits northern Myanmar

Earthquake rocks north of Mandalay just hours after strong 6.8 magnitude quake kills 12 people and injures dozens more.

A bridge that was under construction across the Irrawaddy River in Shwebo collapsed, killing five people [AFP]

A 5.6 magnitude earthquake has struck Myanmar, hours after a stronger tremor killed at least 12 people and injured dozens more, the US Geological Survey says. The USGS said the quake, early on early Monday morning, occurred at a depth of 9km (5.6 miles), 135km north of the central city of Mandalay. Hours earlier a strong earthquake struck the same region of northern Myanmar. Scattered damage and injuries also were reported on Sunday in areas close to the quake’s epicentre. According to news reports, the most significant damage appeared to be the collapsing of bridge under construction across the Irrawaddy River in the town of Shwebo, the location of the quake’s epicentre. The website of Weekly Eleven magazine said five people were killed when the bridge, which was 80 per cent built, collapsed. According to a witness, the huge concrete gate of a monastery collapsed and several sculptures from another pagoda were damaged in the town. A series of strong aftershocks on Sunday added to the nervousness. The shallow 6.8-magnitude quake hit around 116km north of Mandalay at a depth of just 10km, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. It initially put the magnitude of the quake at 7.0. “I ran from my bed carrying my daughter out to the street. There were many people in the road. Some were shouting and others felt dizzy,” Mandalay resident San Yu Kyaw told the AFP news agency by telephone. “People are now scared of more earthquakes. Especially those who live or run businesses in high-rise buildings are desperate and don’t know what to do,” he said. The were no immediate reports of casualties but building standards are generally poor in the country formerly known as Burma, one of Asia’s most impoverished nations. The USGS issued a yellow alert, saying “some casualties and damage are possible” but that the impact should be relatively localised. The quake hit at 7:42 am (0112 GMT) and was followed by two shallow 5.0-magnitude aftershocks within 20 minutes, according to the USGS. It struck around 572km east of the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka, one of the world’s biggest cities. The quake was felt in neighbouring Thailand, including in the capital Bangkok, according to reports on social media websites. It comes little more than a week before US President Barack Obama is due in Myanmar on a historic visit, as the West begins to roll back sanctions to reward a series of dramatic political reforms under President Thein Sein. Earthquakes are relatively common in Myanmar, which is emerging from decades of military rule under a new quasi-civilian government. Kyaw Kyaw Lwin, an official at the National Earthquake Information Division in the capital Naypyidaw, said it was the strongest quake in the area since a 6.0-magnitude quake in 1991. More than 70 people were killed in March 2011 when a powerful 6.8-magnitude quake struck Myanmar near the borders with Thailand and Laos, reducing homes and government buildings to rubble and affecting thousands of people. Aid workers at the time praised Myanmar’s regime for its speedy response to that quake, in contrast to the aftermath of previous disasters to strike the country under the old military junta.

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Earth approaching objects

Earth approaching objects (objects that are known in the next 30 days)
Object Name	Apporach Date	Left	AU Distance	LD Distance	Estimated Diameter*	Relative Velocity
330233 (2006 KV86)	11th November 2012	0 day(s)	0.1876	73.0	450 m – 1.0 km	23.35 km/s	84060 km/h
(2008 LH2)	12th November 2012	1 day(s)	0.1487	57.9	35 m – 78 m	5.10 km/s	18360 km/h
(2001 YM2)	12th November 2012	1 day(s)	0.0860	33.5	440 m – 980 m	9.26 km/s	33336 km/h
(2012 KF25)	15th November 2012	4 day(s)	0.1528	59.5	23 m – 51 m	9.75 km/s	35100 km/h
(1999 SF10)	19th November 2012	8 day(s)	0.0346	13.5	41 m – 92 m	4.08 km/s	14688 km/h
(2009 WB105)	24th November 2012	13 day(s)	0.0400	15.6	59 m – 130 m	18.86 km/s	67896 km/h
(2007 VB188)	25th November 2012	14 day(s)	0.1446	56.3	14 m – 32 m	10.32 km/s	37152 km/h
(1994 XD)	27th November 2012	16 day(s)	0.0518	20.2	400 m – 890 m	20.03 km/s	72108 km/h
(2009 LS)	28th November 2012	17 day(s)	0.1418	55.2	670 m – 1.5 km	25.88 km/s	93168 km/h
(2010 VW98)	29th November 2012	18 day(s)	0.1321	51.4	81 m – 180 m	7.03 km/s	25308 km/h
(2009 XH8)	30th November 2012	19 day(s)	0.1288	50.1	61 m – 140 m	6.70 km/s	24120 km/h
(2008 WJ60)	08th December 2012	27 day(s)	0.1631	63.5	160 m – 350 m	9.11 km/s	32796 km/h
(2007 WM3)	08th December 2012	27 day(s)	0.1561	60.8	64 m – 140 m	9.47 km/s	34092 km/h
(2008 YZ28)	09th December 2012	28 day(s)	0.1637	63.7	270 m – 590 m	21.11 km/s	75996 km/h
1 AU = ~150 million kilometers,1 LD = Lunar Distance = ~384,000 kilometers Source: NASA-NEO

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Earthquake 6.6 Mwp – MYANMAR

Earth Watch Report

                                                                               

6.6 Mwp – MYANMAR

Preliminary Earthquake Report

Magnitude	6.6 Mwp
Date-Time	11 Nov 2012 01:12:38 UTC 11 Nov 2012 07:42:38 near epicenter 10 Nov 2012 19:12:38 standard time in your timezone
Location	23.029N 95.927E
Depth	9 km
Distances	116 km (72 miles) N (352 degrees) of Mandalay, Myanmar 130 km (81 miles) NE (39 degrees) of Monywa, Myanmar 241 km (150 miles) N (1 degrees) of Meiktila, Myanmar 572 km (356 miles) E (96 degrees) of DHAKA, Bangladesh
Location Uncertainty	Horizontal: 13.7 km; Vertical 2.8 km
Parameters	Nph = 249; Dmin = 449.6 km; Rmss = 1.17 seconds; Gp = 29° M-type = Mwp; Version = A
Event ID	us c000dqqw

For updates, maps, and technical information, see:
Event Page
or
USGS Earthquake Hazards Program

National Earthquake Information Center
U.S. Geological Survey
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/neic/

Earthquake in Myanmar (Burma) on Sunday, 11 November, 2012 at 05:24 (05:24 AM) UTC.

Description

A major earthquake hit central Myanmar on Sunday near Mandalay, its second-biggest city, but early information suggested damage was limited and initial reports mentioned only one person dead, although several construction workers were missing. The 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck around 60 km (37 miles) northwest of Mandalay, the U.S. Geological Survey said. It was quite shallow at around 10 km (6 miles) deep. “I’ve never felt such a strong tremor. I also heard some loud noises and the light went out. No idea about the damage,” one Mandalay resident said by telephone. Several very strong aftershocks also hit the region but there were no reports of serious damage in Mandalay. Residents in Bangkok, the capital of neighboring Thailand, also felt the quake. An official at Mandalay Meteorological Department said the epicenter was near the town of Shwebo and struck at 7:41 a.m. (0111 GMT). Local media said a half-built bridge over the Irrawaddy River near Shwebo and Kyauk Myaung had collapsed and there may have been casualties. A police officer in Shwebo said one woman had died and 10 people had been injured in Kyauk Myaung. “A house collapsed in Kyauk Myaung. The Radana Thinga Bridge, still under construction, over the river was badly damaged. A huge steel beam fell into the river and five workers went missing,” he said. A resident of Singgu, opposite Kyauk Myaung on the east side of the Irrawaddy, said some people were injured in the town and a few were killed at the river bank but this could not be confirmed with official sources. State television, the usual mouthpiece for government statements in Myanmar along with state-run newspapers, gave a report on the quake that did not mention casualties or damage. Local media reported minor damage in several areas around Mandalay, including Amarapura, a town popular with tourists because of its monasteries and the longest teak bridge in the world. Pagodas had been damaged there, media said.

Tectonic Summary

Seismotectonics of the Himalaya and Vicinity

Seismicity in the Himalaya dominantly results from the continental collision of the India and Eurasia plates, which are converging at a relative rate of 40-50 mm/yr. Northward underthrusting of India beneath Eurasia generates numerous earthquakes and consequently makes this area one of the most seismically hazardous regions on Earth. The surface expression of the plate boundary is marked by the foothills of the north-south trending Sulaiman Range in the west, the Indo-Burmese Arc in the east and the east-west trending Himalaya Front in the north of India.

The India-Eurasia plate boundary is a diffuse boundary, which in the region near the north of India, lies within the limits of the Indus-Tsangpo (also called the Yarlung-Zangbo) Suture to the north and the Main Frontal Thrust to the south. The Indus-Tsangpo Suture Zone is located roughly 200 km north of the Himalaya Front and is defined by an exposed ophiolite chain along its southern margin. The narrow (<200km) Himalaya Front includes numerous east-west trending, parallel structures. This region has the highest rates of seismicity and largest earthquakes in the Himalaya region, caused mainly by movement on thrust faults. Examples of significant earthquakes, in this densely populated region, caused by reverse slip movement include the 1934 M8.1 Bihar, the 1905 M7.5 Kangra and the 2005 M7.6 Kashmir earthquakes. The latter two resulted in the highest death tolls for Himalaya earthquakes seen to date, together killing over 100,000 people and leaving millions homeless. The largest instrumentally recorded Himalaya earthquake occurred on 15th August 1950 in Assam, eastern India. This M8.6 right-lateral, strike-slip, earthquake was widely felt over a broad area of central Asia, causing extensive damage to villages in the epicentral region.

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