Mandalay residents told DVB that another “strong” earthquake occurred on Thursday following the devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake on March 28. The regime Department of Meteorology and Hydrology announced that a 4.6 magnitude quake struck two miles (3 km) southwest of Patheingyi Township in Mandalay on April 17. 

Mandalay residents are still calling on the regime authorities to demolish destroyed buildings and to clear the rubble three weeks after the earthquake. The Department of Meteorology and Hydrology added that around 140 aftershocks have been recorded since March 28. 

Four 3.1 magnitude earthquakes were recorded in Lewe and Tatkon townships in Naypyidaw, as well as Yedashe and Taungoo townships in Bago Region and Wundwin Township in Mandalay Region, April 16-17.

Earthquake survivors and aid groups in Mandalay and Sagaing regions – near the quake’s epicenter – told DVB that heavy rainfall on Tuesday caused damaged buildings to collapse and flooding, which impacted residents living in temporary shelters since March 28.  

“We are helping out earthquake survivors living in the relief camps,” an aid worker in Mandalay told DVB on the condition of anonymity. Two buildings in Mandalay’s Chanayethazan Township collapsed on April 15. No casualties were reported. 

A Buddhist monk in Sagaing Township told DVB on the condition of anonymity that earthquake survivors were still waiting for assistance to reach them.

The Myanmar Fire Services Department carried out clean-up efforts in Wetlet Township in Sagaing Region after wind caused trees to topple, damaging buildings and blocking roads, on Tuesday. Wetlet is located 42 miles (67 km) north of Sagaing and 50 miles (80 km) north of the region’s capital Monywa.   

The Department of Meteorology and Hydrology warned that there may be heavy rain, heavy wind, hail and thunderstorms during the pre-monsoon period, which is from mid-April to June. 

DVB data states that the death toll since the March 28 earthquake is 4,410 with 11,366 injured.