OREANDA-NEWS  In Myanmar, on Friday, April 4, a new powerful earthquake was recorded, its magnitude was 4.9. This was reported on the website of the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC).

The earthquake occurred at 18:25 Moscow time. Its epicenter was located 53 kilometers south of the large city of Mandalay, home to more than 1.2 million people. The source was located at a depth of 35 kilometers.

On Friday, March 28, Myanmar was hit by a series of devastating earthquakes. As a result, houses, temples and mosques, roads, as well as other infrastructure facilities were damaged. In addition, a rift formed in the ground from the tremors. The number of victims, according to the latest data, amounted to more than 3.3 thousand people.

In addition, tremors of magnitude 5 were felt on Tuesday, April 1.