Magnitude 3.7 Earthquake Strikes Near Mandalay

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A mild earthquake measuring 3.7 on the Richter scale struck on the evening of November 10, with its epicentre located about three miles east-northeast of Patheingyi Township in Mandalay Region, according to a statement issued by the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology (DMH).

The earthquake occurred at 6:34:25 p.m. Myanmar Standard Time on November 10. According to seismic measurements, its epicentre was located within Myanmar at latitude 21.91 degrees north and longitude 96.16 degrees east, at a depth of 11 kilometres, approximately eight miles south-southeast of the Mandalay Seismological Station.

"I clearly felt the earthquake shaking. I was sitting in a restaurant when it felt as though someone behind me had shaken my chair. It did not last very long. It was not a strong enough earthquake to make me jump up and run. It has also been raining for about two days," said a man living in Chanayethazan Township.

Some residents in Mandalay city and nearby townships also noticed the earthquake.

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