A North Okkalapa Township resident told DVB that an elderly couple were injured in their home when a 3.9 magnitude earthquake struck Yangon at 11 p.m. on Friday.
“She was hit by a bathroom door. Her husband was struck on the head by items falling from a shelf,” the resident told DVB on the condition of anonymity. “We panicked. Most people living in highrise buildings fled to the ground floor.”
Residents of Insein, Mayangone, Hlaing, Kamaryut, Shwepyitha, and Hlaingthaya townships in Yangon Region reported to DVB that they felt the quake in their homes and quickly evacuated their families outdoors, where some spent the night on the street.
“Since we live in a high-rise, we’ve been monitoring earthquake news after the March 28 quake. When it struck last night, people from almost every apartment rushed downstairs,” a Hlaing Township resident told DVB. “Some stayed outside all night. They were worried,” he added.
The regime’s Department of Meteorology and Hydrology reported that the earthquake measured a magnitude 3.6 with its epicenter one mile north-northwest of Yangon’s Mayangone Township at a depth of 15 meters.
The National Unity Government (NUG) Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, along with international earthquake monitoring agencies, reported that the quake measured a magnitude 3.9.
A 4.2 magnitude quake struck seven miles (11 km) west-southwest of Kyaukse town in Mandalay Region on Sept. 4.
At least 4,477 people were killed during the 7.7 magnitude quake on March 28, according to DVB data. The six hardest-hit regions were Sagaing, which was the epicenter of the quake, as well as neighbouring Mandalay, Magway, Bago, Naypyidaw, and southern Shan State.
The regime in Naypyidaw has recorded 3,773 killed, with 653 survivors rescued and 851 bodies recovered from collapsed buildings, following the quake on March 28.
