'Vietnam was very little affected by the earthquake in Myanmar'

Residents and office workers evacuate from their workplaces at the Centec building on Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street, District 1, after an earthquake occurred in the early afternoon of March 28. Photo: Dinh Van

The US Geological Survey recorded an earthquake in Myanmar at around 12:50 (13:20 Hanoi time) on March 28, with an epicenter magnitude of 7.7.

Dr. Nguyen Xuan Anh, Director of the Earthquake and Tsunami Warning Center, Institute of Earth Sciences, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, said that this earthquake was very large, so the affected area could extend for thousands of kilometers. However, Vietnam's monitoring system recorded "a natural disaster risk level of zero, meaning it is unlikely to cause damage to Vietnam," said Dr. Xuan Anh.

Because the earthquake was far away, it only affected high-rise buildings in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, causing them to shake. "The impact on Vietnam was very small," said Dr. Xuan Anh.

He said that this earthquake was not unusual, because in Myanmar's history there have been very strong earthquakes. Therefore, "after a period of time, the energy accumulated is large enough to be released into such earthquakes and affect the surrounding areas," said Dr. Xuan Anh. Usually, large earthquakes will have aftershocks.

Dr. Xuan Anh said that currently, there are only warnings that earthquakes may occur in a certain area, but it is difficult to predict when an earthquake will occur. Even in Japan, there have been earthquakes that caused great damage, but the time of the earthquake is almost impossible to predict in advance.

According to vnexpress.net

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