Moderate quake shakes Myanmar

An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 shook Myanmar’s north-western Sagaing region on Tuesday, said the Meteorology and Hydrology Department.

The earthquake struck at 10:29 am local time (0359 GMT).

The epicentre was 40 km southeast of Kalewa city and about 190 km northwest of the Mandalay seismological observatory, Xinhua reported citing the department.

There were no reports of damage or casualty, an official from the department said.