Weekend investigates the sleeping giant underneath Yangon. It’s not a matter of if, but when. This verdict comes up time and time again when speaking to local and international experts on the likelihood of Yangon’s next big earthquake. Why? The largest city in Myanmar is currently facing twin threats of bad location and bad timing. […]
Ready to Rumble?
December 16, 2016 by thiha
Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: ActionAid Myanmar Thura Tun, Asian Disaster Preparedness Center Peeranan Towashiraporn, Bago, Burma Platelet, Central Myanmar, Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Earthquake Risk Reduction, Estimated Human Losses in Future Earthquakes in Central Myanmar, Gulf of Martaban, Indian Plate, Kachin State, Kathmandu, Kyoto University, Mark Cutts, Mr Towashiraporn, Mr Tsutsui, Myanmar Earthquake Committee, Myanmar Earthquake Committee U Myo Thant, Myanmar Shashank Mishra, National Building Code, Pyu, Sagaing Fault, Shashank Mishra of UN Habitat, Shwedagon Pagoda, The Yangon City Development Committee, Thura Tun From ActionAid, Tint Lwin Swe, U Saw Htwe Zaw, UN Habitat, United Nations Office, World Agency of Planetary Monitoring, Yangon Region