According to the officials who were engaged in the rescue operations, a landslide occurred near Kachin's Hpakant township as the region has been receiving torrential rainfall.
The earthquake hit around at 8.19 pm, and the location was 49 km south-east of Cherrapunjee in Meghalaya, the National Center for Seismology said. The depth of the quake was 16 km, it said.
"They were met with a storm in the sea and the boat sank under huge waves," said a police official about the incident. Eight people have survived the accident and are being held at a police station.
The clemency was announced a day after Myanmar's military extended the state of emergency it imposed when it seized power from Suu Kyi's elected government two and a half years ago.
The army-enacted 2008 constitution allows the military to rule the country under a state of emergency for one year, with two possible six-month extensions if preparations are not yet completed for new polls, meaning that the time limit expired on January 31 this year.
Over 30,000 Myanmar nationals have taken shelter in the northeastern state of Mizoram since February 2021 following a coup by the Myanmar military junta in the neighbouring country.
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi is serving a 33-year punishment, subsequent to being imprisoned in closed-door, military-run trials.
The People's Revolutionary Army, KCP (Kangleipak Communist Party), PREPAK (People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak), and UNLF (United National Liberation Front) were all named in the charge sheet, which was filed in the NIA Special Court in Imphal.
This came nearly two months after more than 100 people, including children, who were attending a ceremony held by opponents, were killed in the airstrike.
Myanmar earthquake: The third tremor jolted Myanmar at around 05.43 am with the epicentre at 174km south-southeast of Yangon.
India and the UAE already implemented a free trade agreement (FTA) in May last year to give a boost to bilateral trade and economic ties.
The National Centre for Seismology reports that the earthquake struck Myanmar around 8:15 in the morning. Up until this point, there have been no reports of casualities.
Parts of Sittwe, the capital of Myanmar's Rakhine state, were flooded, while winds of up to 130 miles each hour tore away tin rooftops and cut down an communications tower.
Myanmar: More than 150 people had gathered at Pazigyi village in Sagaing region’s Kanbalu township in order to open a local office of the country’s opposition movement when the deadly airstrike occurred.
Members of armed resistance groups accused the military government of the massacre but the so-called administration denied the charges.
Myanmar airstrikes: The dead from the airstrikes also included the pastor of a Baptist church, a Catholic deacon and a church layman, according to the Karen Women's Organisation and the Free Burma Rangers.
After coming to power, Suu Kyi was criticised for showing deference to the military while ignoring atrocities it is credibly accused of committing in a 2017 crackdown on the Muslim Rohingya minority.
According to the latest report released by the International Federation of Journalists, the terrifying number was nearly 30 per cent more than what was reported last year.
Myanmar rescues Rohingya: According to the military's statement, Myanmar's state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation immediately rushed two boats from an offshore operation to rescue the 154 people after finding their boat in trouble.
Antony Blinken said the US will continue to carefully monitor the status of freedom of religion or belief in every country around the world and advocate for those facing religious persecution or discrimination.
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