Myanmar authorities on Friday arrested a 21-year-old TikTok astrologer on charges of spreading misinformation and causing panic in Sagaing after he predicted an earthquake. Two weeks after the devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit Myanmar and killed over 3500 people, the astrologer John Moe posted his prediction of another earthquake causing mass panic. The authorities have…
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck on Sunday morning near Meiktila, a small city in central Myanmar, according to the US Geological Survey. The quake came as Myanmar is engaged in relief efforts following a massive 7.7 magnitude temblor that also hit the country’s central region on March 28. The epicenter of the latest quake was…
Three US aid workers were laid off while in Myanmar helping the rescue and recovery from the country’s massive earthquake, a former senior staffer said, as the Trump administration’s dismantling of foreign aid affects its disaster response. After travelling to the Southeast Asian nation, the three officials were told late this week they would be…
Entombed under his hotel bed for five days in the debris, two things enabled teacher Tin Maung Htwe to survive Myanmar’s devastating earthquake: old school lessons and his own urine. The primary school headmaster was on a training course in Sagaing, the closest place to the epicentre, when the 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck. The 47-year-old remembered…
Myanmar Earthquake Update: म्यांमार में शुक्रवार को आए 7.7 तीव्रता के विनाशकारी भूकंप के बाद के भी झटकों (आफ्टरशॉक) का सिलसिला जारी है. देश के मौसम विज्ञान और जल विज्ञान विभाग के अनुसार, गुरुवार सुबह तक 2.8 से 7.5 तीव्रता के 66 झटके महसूस किए गए. राज्य प्रशासन परिषद सूचना टीम के अनुसार, भूकंप में…
Nearly five days after a catastrophic 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar and killed over 2,700 people, rescuers pulled a man ‘alive’ from the rubble of a collapsed hotel, officials confirmed on Wednesday. The 26-year-old was rescued by a joint team of Myanmar and Turkish responders in Naypyidaw around 12.30 am local time (1800 GMT Tuesday),…
Myanmar Earthquake Update: म्यांमार में आए भयंकर भूकंप में मरने वालों की संख्या एक बार फिर बढ़ गई है. जुंटा सरकार ने सोमवार (31 मार्च, 2025) को नए आंकड़े जारी किए हैं. भीषण भूकंप में मरने वालों की संख्या बढ़कर 2,056 हो गई है और 3,900 से ज्यादा लोग घायल हुए हैं. बचावकर्मी ढह चुकी…
An anti-corruption watchdog had flagged irregularities in the construction of a Bangkok skyscraper that collapsed in an earthquake last week and killed at least 11 people, the head of the monitoring group told Reuters. The government had threatened to cancel the project earlier this year because of delays, Mana Nimitmongkol, president of the Anti-Corruption Organisation…
A Myanmar Muslim organisation says more than 700 worshippers were killed when a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck the country at Friday prayer time during the holy month of Ramadan. Tun Kyi, a member of the steering committee of the Spring Revolution Myanmar Muslim Network, said Monday that some 60 mosques were damaged or destroyed when the…
Myanmar Earthquake: म्यांमार के दूसरे सबसे बड़े शहर मांडले में रविवार (30 मार्च) को सड़ते शवों की बदबू हवा में फैल गई. बचाव दल मलबे में दबे लोगों को खोजने के लिए दिन-रात मेहनत कर रहे हैं. दो दिन पहले आए 7.7 तीव्रता के भीषण भूकंप ने पूरे इलाके को हिला कर रख दिया. इस…