1956 Sagaing earthquake
Earthquake in Myanmar
The 1956 Sagaing earthquake occurred on July 16, 1956, at 15:07 UTC. The earthquake was located near Sagaing , Burma .[ 2] This earthquake had a magnitude of 7.1.[ 1]
Thirty-eight people died because of the earthquake.[ 3] Several pagodas, including the Mingun Pagoda, were severely damaged.[ 4] The earthquake was close to the Shan-Sagaing Fault .[ 5] However, the focal mechanism remains undetermined.[ 6] Near the epicenter, the shaking reached VIII (Severe ) to IX (Violent ) on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale .[ 2]
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References
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^ a b Cho, A.; Htu, U. (1993). Major important factors in Myanmar : Construction, insurance, community preparedness and prediction (PDF) . World Seismic Safety Initiative (WSSI). International Center for Disaster-Mitigation Engineering (INCEDE). 8–11 feb. 1993. Bangkok. TH. Document 6970. [permanent dead link ]
^ National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS) (1972), Significant Earthquake Database (Data Set), National Geophysical Data Center , NOAA , doi :10.7289/V5TD9V7K
^ UN-HABITAT, Myanmar. "Manual on Earthquake – Causes, Effects & Preparedness" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-12-08. Retrieved 2013-05-08 .
^ Dasgupta, Sujit; Mukhopadhyay, Basab; Mukhopadhyay, Manoj (September 2012). "Earthquake Forerunner as Probable Precursor – An Example from North Burma Subduction Zone" (PDF) . Journal of the Geological Society of India . 80 (3): 393– 402. Bibcode :2012JGSI...80..393D . doi :10.1007/s12594-012-0157-1 . S2CID 129316696 . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-10.
^ Ichikawa, Masaji; Srivastava, H. N.; Drakopoulos, J. (September 1972). "Focal Mechanisms of Earthquakes Occurring in and around the Himalayan and Burmese Mountain Belts" (PDF) . Papers in Meteorology and Geophysics . 23 (3): 149– 162. doi :10.2467/mripapers1950.23.3_149 . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-01-19. Retrieved 2013-05-07 .
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Earthquakes in the 1950s
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