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Hope it can all be restored and fixed and back to normal as quickly as possible!
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China donates 82,000 USD for renovation of quake-damaged pagodas in Myanmar
Source:Xinhua Published: 2016/9/2 8:33:19
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1004316.shtml
The Chinese Embassy in Myanmar and the Ruili Municipality of China's Yunnan province on Thursday donated 100 million kyats (about 82,000 US dollars) to Myanmar for renovation of quick-damaged pagodas in the country's Bagan.
Myanmar's Minister of Religious Affairs and Culture Thura U Aung Ko thanked China for the donation, saying that as a traditionally good neighbor, China provided assistance to Myanmar when Myanmar is hit by natural disaster.
Chinese Ambassador Hong Liang said China would continue to provide assistance to Myanmar, adding that a Chinese experts team will be sent to Myanmar to help renovate the damaged pagodas in Bagan.
A 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit the central Myanmar on Aug. 24, damaging nearly 400 pagodas and temples in Bagan-Nyaung Oo region.
Bagan region was also hit by a strong earthquake in 1975damaging over 1,000 pagodas and temples out of 2,217, the minister said.
Source:Xinhua Published: 2016/9/2 8:33:19
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1004316.shtml
The Chinese Embassy in Myanmar and the Ruili Municipality of China's Yunnan province on Thursday donated 100 million kyats (about 82,000 US dollars) to Myanmar for renovation of quick-damaged pagodas in the country's Bagan.
Myanmar's Minister of Religious Affairs and Culture Thura U Aung Ko thanked China for the donation, saying that as a traditionally good neighbor, China provided assistance to Myanmar when Myanmar is hit by natural disaster.
Chinese Ambassador Hong Liang said China would continue to provide assistance to Myanmar, adding that a Chinese experts team will be sent to Myanmar to help renovate the damaged pagodas in Bagan.
A 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit the central Myanmar on Aug. 24, damaging nearly 400 pagodas and temples in Bagan-Nyaung Oo region.
Bagan region was also hit by a strong earthquake in 1975damaging over 1,000 pagodas and temples out of 2,217, the minister said.
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we should help and love each other.thz bro
sad..!!restoring going to start with UNSCO help..
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I heard about the earthquake but was not aware of the damage. Here is more news.
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Myanmar: Magnitude-6.8 earthquake strikes, damaging famed Bagan temples, police say
Updated 25 Aug 2016, 9:09am
The ancient Sulamuni temple was shrouded in dust following the quake. (AFP: Soe Moe Aung)
Key points:
A magnitude-6.8 earthquake has struck central Myanmar, shaking buildings across the South-East Asian nation and, according to police, damaging several Buddhist temples in the ancient city of Bagan.
The quake hit the town of Chauk, southwest of Mandalay, the Myanmar Government said, with tremors felt as far away as Bangkok, where witnesses reported high-rise buildings swaying, and the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka.
At least three people have been killed with the quake damaging several Buddhist temples in the ancient city of Bagan, police said.
A fire department official from regional capital Magwe said two young girls were killed when a riverbank gave way in Yenanchaung township, south of Chauk.
One person was killed and another injured when a tobacco processing factory collapsed in the town of Pakkoku, to the north, the duty officer at the local fire department said.
Save the Children's Vincent Panzani, who was in Pakkoku, said there had been reports of damage to pagodas in the area and smaller buildings including several cracked or collapsed walls and a destroyed roof.
"We felt quite heavy shaking for about 10 seconds and started to evacuate the building when there was another strong tremor," he said.
"Several of our staff who've lived in this part of Myanmar their whole lives said it was the strongest earthquake they've ever felt."
There were no other confirmed casualties, and early reports suggested limited damage overall.
Maung Maung Kyaw, a local official of the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD), said his house shook during the quake.
"Many people were scared and they ran out of the buildings," he said.
"I went outside to check the situation in the town. Some of the buildings are split and nearly collapsed, but I don't see any people affected by the quake."
Ancient city of Bagan a major tourism drawcard
The US Geological Survey (USGS) said the epicentre was about 145 kilometres west of the city of Meiktila, and relatively deep at 84 kilometres.
Chauk is about 35 kilometres from Myanmar's ancient capital of Bagan, known as the "City of Four Million Pagodas" and a major draw for Myanmar's nascent tourism industry.
"Some famous pagodas were damaged during the earthquake," a tourist police officer from Bagan said, adding some of the damage in the major tourist destination was "serious".
According to the 2014 census, the town has a population of about 45,000, with around 185,000 living in the surrounding area.
"So far as we heard from our local staff, a three-storey building collapsed in Chauk and a pagoda was badly damaged in a town called Yenanchaung," a fire department official in the regional capital Magwe said.
Ko Tin Ko Lwin, a resident of Yenanchaung township, said a pagoda that had been cracked before the quake had collapsed, while electricity poles and some trees were felled.
Quake felt in Bangkok, Bangladesh
The quake shook buildings in Myanmar's biggest city of Yangon and in other towns and cities, witnesses said.
Office buildings in the Thai capital Bangkok, to the east of Myanmar, shook for a few seconds, residents there said.
The quake was also felt in Bangladesh, to the west of Myanmar, where some people ran out into the street as buildings shook, residents said.
Myanmar is in a seismically active part of the world where the Indo-Australian Plate runs up against the Eurasian Plate.
In March 2011, at least 74 people were killed in an earthquake in Myanmar near its borders with Thailand and Laos.
AFP/Reuters
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Myanmar: Magnitude-6.8 earthquake strikes, damaging famed Bagan temples, police say
Updated 25 Aug 2016, 9:09am
The ancient Sulamuni temple was shrouded in dust following the quake. (AFP: Soe Moe Aung)
Key points:
- Buddhist temples in ancient capital of Bagan damaged, police say
- At least three people have been killed
- Quake felt across region, including in Bangkok and Bangladesh
A magnitude-6.8 earthquake has struck central Myanmar, shaking buildings across the South-East Asian nation and, according to police, damaging several Buddhist temples in the ancient city of Bagan.
The quake hit the town of Chauk, southwest of Mandalay, the Myanmar Government said, with tremors felt as far away as Bangkok, where witnesses reported high-rise buildings swaying, and the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka.
At least three people have been killed with the quake damaging several Buddhist temples in the ancient city of Bagan, police said.
A fire department official from regional capital Magwe said two young girls were killed when a riverbank gave way in Yenanchaung township, south of Chauk.
One person was killed and another injured when a tobacco processing factory collapsed in the town of Pakkoku, to the north, the duty officer at the local fire department said.
Save the Children's Vincent Panzani, who was in Pakkoku, said there had been reports of damage to pagodas in the area and smaller buildings including several cracked or collapsed walls and a destroyed roof.
"We felt quite heavy shaking for about 10 seconds and started to evacuate the building when there was another strong tremor," he said.
"Several of our staff who've lived in this part of Myanmar their whole lives said it was the strongest earthquake they've ever felt."
There were no other confirmed casualties, and early reports suggested limited damage overall.
Maung Maung Kyaw, a local official of the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD), said his house shook during the quake.
"Many people were scared and they ran out of the buildings," he said.
"I went outside to check the situation in the town. Some of the buildings are split and nearly collapsed, but I don't see any people affected by the quake."
Ancient city of Bagan a major tourism drawcard
The US Geological Survey (USGS) said the epicentre was about 145 kilometres west of the city of Meiktila, and relatively deep at 84 kilometres.
Chauk is about 35 kilometres from Myanmar's ancient capital of Bagan, known as the "City of Four Million Pagodas" and a major draw for Myanmar's nascent tourism industry.
"Some famous pagodas were damaged during the earthquake," a tourist police officer from Bagan said, adding some of the damage in the major tourist destination was "serious".
According to the 2014 census, the town has a population of about 45,000, with around 185,000 living in the surrounding area.
"So far as we heard from our local staff, a three-storey building collapsed in Chauk and a pagoda was badly damaged in a town called Yenanchaung," a fire department official in the regional capital Magwe said.
Ko Tin Ko Lwin, a resident of Yenanchaung township, said a pagoda that had been cracked before the quake had collapsed, while electricity poles and some trees were felled.
Quake felt in Bangkok, Bangladesh
The quake shook buildings in Myanmar's biggest city of Yangon and in other towns and cities, witnesses said.
Office buildings in the Thai capital Bangkok, to the east of Myanmar, shook for a few seconds, residents there said.
The quake was also felt in Bangladesh, to the west of Myanmar, where some people ran out into the street as buildings shook, residents said.
Myanmar is in a seismically active part of the world where the Indo-Australian Plate runs up against the Eurasian Plate.
In March 2011, at least 74 people were killed in an earthquake in Myanmar near its borders with Thailand and Laos.
AFP/Reuters
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Very sad to see the damage to these historical and religious buildings/temples.
My condolences to Myanmar and its people.
Hope that these buildings are repaired soon.
Very sad to see the damage to these historical and religious buildings/temples.
My condolences to Myanmar and its people.
Hope that these buildings are repaired soon.
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I hope they can be restored as soon as possible.
Very hard to repair the temple damaged so heavily, you know.
Hope the local to keep Buddha in mind. "佛祖心中留"
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This is very sad but a lot of those buildings were restored in the 90's in the first place. Infact, a very big quake hit in the 1950's that caused a lot more damage. Pagan lies in a very earthquake prone region unfortunately.
So you should all try to see them as soon as you can!
So you should all try to see them as soon as you can!
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