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Another mild quake recorded in Quang Nam province

An earthquake, measuring 2.9 on the Richter scale, struck Bac Tra My district in the central province of Quang Nam on November 2, but no damage or casualties were reported.
Another mild quake recorded in Quang Nam province ảnh 1A house in Bac Tra My district (Source: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) - An earthquake,measuring 2.9 on the Richter scale, struck Bac Tra My district in the centralprovince of Quang Nam on November 2, but no damage or casualties were reported.

Nguyen Hong Phuong, Deputy Director of the Earthquake and Tsunami Warning Centre underthe Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST)’s Institute of Geophysics,  said small-scale earthquakes frequentlyoccur in the district.

According to the centre, three quakes of 2.8-3.0 magnitudeand some mild ones were reported in Tra My in October 2018.

Phuong said that the earthquakes in Bac Tra Myand Nam Tra My districts of Quang Nam, which are believed to be near Song Tranh2 hydropower reservoir, are identified as earthquakes that occurred when thewater storage was carried out in the reservoir.

Scientists said that quakes like these would notcause great damage to local people.

Statistics from the centre showed that as manyas 75 quakes of between 2.5-3.9 magnitude were reported in Bac Tra My districtfrom 2017 to August 2018. All of these are directly related to hydropoweractivities. -VNA

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