A ceremony to mark one month after the Mandalay Earthquake that struck on March 28 was held at the Federation of Myanmar Engineering Societies in Yangon on April 28 afternoon.
U Nyunt Maung San, chairman of the Myanmar Earthquake Committee, delivered a speech at the ceremony and U Khin Maung Htay, chairman of the federation, delivered a speech via Zoom. After that, the attendees to the ceremony observed a minute of silence at 12:58 pm as a gesture of mourning.
The officials among the attendees to the ceremony presented their opinions on the installation of seismometers, the findings of geological and geotechnical studies and the findings of structural engineers.
In response to questions of One News regarding the earthquake that struck on March 28, Chairman of Myanmar Earthquake Committee U Nyunt Maung San said, “Since it was a magnitude 7.7 earthquake, the period for further tremors may be long. In other countries, aftershocks can occur within a year following an earthquake of magnitude 7 but they gradually decrease from a strong level. Fires are often the aftereffects of earthquakes. Steel and wood can be designed to withstand earthquakes in constructing buildings, but it must be aware of fires in buildings built with steel and wood because they can catch fire after the earthquake.”
According to the statistics on April 25, the damage and casualties caused by the earthquake in 10 regions and states including the Nay Pyi Taw Union Territory are: more than 3,700 deaths, more than 5,100 injuries and 110 missing people. According to the statistics until April 24, the powerful earthquake has destroyed more than 63,000 homes, more than 6,700 schools, more than 5,400 monasteries and nunneries, more than 5,300 pagodas, 613 other religious buildings and 576 hospitals.
