Thursday, 29 April 2010 20:23 Khaing Suu
New Delhi (Mizzima) - A 5.5 magnitude earthquake struck southeast of the coastal city of Sittwe, in the western state of Arakan (Rakhine) last night, a local resident and US geologists say.
The quake struck at 12:31 a.m. and was centered 55 miles (90 kilometres) southeast of Sittwe, the capital of Arakan State, 21.5 miles (35 kilometres) underground, according to the website of the United States Geological Survey.
“Nothing was damaged. It struck and the room was shaking, which woke us from our sleep, so we got up to watch the scene”, a resident from Kyaung Tak street, Sittwe told Mizzima in a phone interview.
No immediate tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of damage, the US geologists said.
The last quake reported to have struck the state was a 20-second, magnitude 5 tremor that hit Maungdaw District in November 2007. One child was killed.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
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