Vom Lonely- Planet Forum:
A guest staying here engaged in safety for a gas rig off the coast of Myanmar has just called through to his office which reports no casualties or disruption. So it may be that some areas have been worse affected than others.
Telephone call from Mawlamyine (Moulmein) at 11pm 26/12, Sydney time, state that there was no problem in Myanmar.
I am in yangon . i spoke to Santamaria travel and they telephoned to ngapali and said there was no problem
I just got an e-mail from my travel agent in Yangon. She reports that there was an earthquake in Yangon, but apparently not severe. The following:
" Yesterday (26 Dec'04) around 08:00AM the earth quake stuck every cities in our country measuring about 6.0 Richter Scale. Not violently & did not affect. Only the big wave on the coast near Thai Border & India.
Really appreciate for your kind attention to us. Everything are okay & doing as normal as previous.
The travelling agents in Sittwe & Mrauk U informed that there has no affect & travellers are doing the tour for Mrauk U, Sittwe & Ngapali as regualr.
Up to now everything are normal."
According to a post on a French travel board, citing a telephone contact with someone in Myanmar, the quake caused a few buildings to collapse in Yangon, Bago, and as far north as southern Shan State. The post is at
http://www.routard.com/comm_forum_detail_message.asp?debut=0&pere=235563&ordre=1...USGS maps show a big honking fault line running right through Myanmar south to north, but no particular seismic activity on that fault.
As for the coastal towns, those I know were pretty close to the sea and on very flat ground, but with a curtain of trees between the houses and the beach, which may have served as a breakwater. Also people there are used to cyclones, and if they saw the sea retreat 500 meters their first reflex may not have been to get on the beach.
Infos reçues ce matin d'amis birmans habitant à Yangon :
We Myanmar had some problem...Some buildings collapsed in Taninthayi, Yangon, Bago and Ayeyawady Divisions and some regions in Rakhine and Shan State (South) due to the earthquake and coastal regions were hit by tidal waves. 17 villages along the coast were destroyed and 200 people were homeless. 34 people were killed, 45 injured and 25 missing.
Compare with others, we were very lucky!
YANGON, Dec. 28 (Xinhuanet) -- UNICEF has been informed by reliable sources that there have been at least 90 deaths due to tsunamis, said UNICEF Myanmar in a statement on Tuesday.
UNICEF Myanmar anticipates that emergency funding may be required to provide essential health, clean water and sanitation assistance in affected areas, the United Nations agency added.
Meanwhile, the Myanmar government spokesman Brigadier-General Aung Thein said on Tuesday that 36 people were killed, 14 missing and 45 injured as of Tuesday afternoon by aftershocks caused by a powerful earthquake that rocked Indonesia as well as tsunamis thatsmashed into the country's coastal areas Sunday.
Aung Thein, who is Deputy Information Minister, disclosed at a press conference here that 138 buildings were destroyed in some parts of the country's six divisions and states -- Tanintharyi, Yangon, Bago, Ayeyawaddy, Rakhine and Shan (South) and 778 people were left homeless.
Rescue operation has been underway by the government.
Nine aftershocks with magnitude of about 6.0 were registered onSunday in the Andaman Sea following the Sumatra quake which triggered the tsunami. Enditem
Tidal waves induced by a massive earthquake killed about 12 people when a bridge collapsed on the southern tip of Burma, fishing industry officials said Monday.
The deaths made Burma the ninth country to be struck by waves sent thundering across the Bay of Bengal by the most powerful earthquake in 40 years when it hit Sunday off the coast of Indonesia’s Sumatra island.
The deaths occurred Sunday at Kawthaung, opposite the city of Ranong in southern Thailand, said the officials, who were linked to the Fishing Trawlers Association and spoke on condition of anonymity.
They said the fate of fishing trawlers out at sea at the time of the tidal waves was not yet known.
Rigs in the Andman Sea, operated by UNOCAL, Total and Petronas companies, shut down their natural oil pipelines for about three hours after the earthquake “for safety reasons but there is no facility damage to the rigs,” an official from one of the rigs said.
Reports in Burma’s state controlled media made no mention of damage or casualties from the 9.0-magnitude earthquake, which killed more than 13,300 people along the coastlines of Southeast and South Asia.
State-controlled television reports warned that aftershocks were likely to follow for three days and warned the public to take precautionary measures such as not standing under tall buildings.
The military-run regime rarely provides details of natural or man-made disasters in the country.
Myanmar tsunami toll at 90 deaths, 17 villages destroyed
AFP[ TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2004 09:02:03 PM ]
YANGON: Ninety people have been killed in Myanmar from tidal waves unleashed by a massive Asian earthquake and the toll is due to rise with reports that 17 villages were destroyed, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
"UNICEF has been informed by reliable sources that there have been at least 90 deaths due to tsunamis," the UN children's agency said in a statement from Yangon.
"The government has also reported that 17 coastal villages were destroyed," it said, adding that authorities had privately acknowledged that the casualty figure would likely rise.
The military junta, which rarely releases comprehensive details from natural disasters, held a press conference Tuesday to set the official death toll at 36.
Casualties are reported heaviest in Ayeyarwaddy division to the southwest of Yangon and in southernmost Tanintharyi division which borders Thailand. Rakhine state in the west also reported casualties, with the Co Co islands off the coast particularly hard hit, the UN said.
No details on the destroyed villages were provided, although it said several fishing boats remain unaccounted for.
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