Myanmar was struck by a 4.7 magnitude earthquake on Tuesday at a shallow depth, following a 3.2 magnitude trembling on Monday. The country’s area in between 4 tectonic plates and the active Sagaing Fault makes it extremely susceptible to seismic occasions. This geological instability positions substantial dangers, consisting of health dangers for displaced populations after previous significant quakes.
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An earthquake of magnitude 4.7 struck Myanmar on Tuesday, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS)stated in a declaration.
According to the NCS, the trembling happened at a shallow depth of 15 km, which increases the possibility of aftershocks and surface-level shaking.
In a post on X, NCS stated, “EQ of M: 4.7, On: 30/09/2025 06:10:01 IST, Lat: 24.73 N, Long: 94.63 E, Depth: 15 Km, Location: Myanmar.”
— NCS_Earthquake(@NCS_Earthquake)
Shallow earthquakes are usually more unsafe than deep earthquakes. This is since the seismic waves from shallow earthquakes have a much shorter range to take a trip to the surface area, leading to more powerful ground shaking and possibly more damage to structures and higher casualties.
Previously on Monday, another earthquake of magnitude 3.2 struck the area at a depth of 60km.
In a post on X, the NCS stated,[19659012]< div data-type ="twitter" data-handle ="NCS_Earthquake" data-handlename ="NCS_Earthquake" data-favoritecount ="0" data-retweetcount ="0" data-id ="1972217231124856838">— NCS_Earthquake (@NCS_Earthquake)
In the consequences of the magnitude 7.7 and 6.4 earthquakes that struck main Myanmar on March 28, the World Health Organisation(WHO)cautioned of a series of quickly increasing health risks for 10s of countless displaced individuals in earthquake-affected locations: tuberculosis (TB), HIV, vector- and water-borne illness.
Myanmar is susceptible to risks from moderate and big magnitude earthquakes, consisting of tsunami dangers along its long shoreline. Myanmar is wedged in between 4 tectonic plates (the Indian, Eurasian, Sunda, and Burma plates) that engage in active geological procedures.
A 1,400-kilometre change fault runs through Myanmar and links the Andaman dispersing centre to an accident zone in the north called the Sagaing Fault.
The Sagaing Fault increases the seismic threat for Sagaing, Mandalay, Bago, and Yangon, which together represent 46 percent of Myanmar’s population. Yangon is reasonably far from the fault trace, it still suffers from considerable threat due to its thick population. In 1903, an extreme earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 that happened in Bago likewise struck Yangon.
