Mjanmar hit the Magnitude 7.7 earthquake, which also influenced neighboring Thailand, her trembling felt away like Cambodia and India.
A large part of destruction caused by Friday earthquake In the ancient capital of Mandalay, it seemed near the epicentar in the Sagaing region, where the buildings were also demolished by infrastructure. More than 140 people were killed in the country, according to the state media.
Mjanmar hit several earthquakes from the Magnitude earthquake 7.3 in the southern town of Bago in 1930, which killed at least 550 people, according to the seismic assessment of the United Nations risk.
Thus, what makes this country of Southeast Asia, which was delighted for almost four years civil warso vulnerable to earthquakes and how big he was?
What causes earthquake?
First of all, a quick explanation of what the earthquake really is. The soil consists of three parts: melted, mostly metal core in the middle, surrounded by a hot, almost firm layer of rock called a cloak, from the bark like a Jigsaw saw on the outside consisting of constantly moving the tectonic plate.
This movement of panels on a sliding cloak, different speeds and in different directions, causes energy to build up. The release of this energy causes an intense shaking of the planet surface we call an earthquake. When energy is published under the ocean, it creates a number of huge waves known as tsunami.
The consequences are triggered “because of the changes in the stress in the country from the main shock,” according to Will Yeck, a seismologist from American geological research (USGS).
What is located below the surface in Mjanmar?
The Mjanmar location between two tectonic plates – India and Eurasia Ploče – brings at a special risk of earthquakes.
The border between the two plates is called Saigang error. Experts describe this as a long, straight line that ranged approximately 1200 km (745 miles) from north to south through cities such as Mandalay and Yangon, which has risen to millions of people.
According to USGS, the Myanmar earthquake occurred because India and Eurasia plates rubbed sideways about each other, which was described as “sliding fault”.
Dr. Rebecca Bell, expert in Imperial College London, who was quoted by the London Scientific Media Center, compared the border between two plates with the famous Kalifornia’s famous wrong, which caused the deadly earthquake of Northridge in 1994.
“The straight nature means that earthquakes can be cracked in large areas – and the larger the area of the sliding mistake, the greater the earthquake,” it is quoted.
What was the earthquake?
The earthquake power is measured on the magnitude of the moment, which in the 1970s mostly replaced the famous Richter ladder.
Quake on Friday Of the 7.7, he was considered a strong, releasing chaos in Mjanmar and Thailand.
In the Thailand capital, Bangkok, a 33 -floor tall, which was still under construction, killed at least eight and captured dozens of construction workers under the ruins.
In the Mjanmar Mandalay, the buildings were demolished, the royal palace was damaged, and the AVA bridge for the road and iron collapsed. There were also damage to the modern capital, Naypyidawa and the former capital Yangon. State media said at least 144 people were killed throughout the country.
USGS estimates that nearly 800,000 people in Mjanmar may have been in the zone of the most insignificant shakes, with the number of deaths to increase suddenly over the coming days.
How much damage is expected?
The earthquake took place on a relatively shallow depth – only 10 km deep (six miles).
Dr. Ian Watkinson, from the Department of Earth at Royal Holloway, University of London, said the scientific media center, saying that shallow earthquakes can create great damage, since “seismic energy does not disperse much by the time it reaches the surface.”
While some regions of the world along the active mistakes of mistakes, including California and Japan, have construction codes intended for enduring earthquakes, infrastructure in the region has hit a Friday less well equipped earthquake.
As Watkinson says, Mjanmar went through “fast urbanization”, with “flourishing in high -rise buildings built of increased concrete”.
He believes that an earthquake on Friday could create a level of destruction comparable to the magnitude 2023 earthquake in South Turkiye, where many buildings collapsed after years of years unregulated construction.
