{"id":331285,"date":"2025-03-31T09:48:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T04:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=331285"},"modified":"2025-04-01T19:05:44","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T13:35:44","slug":"operation-brahma-myanmar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/operation-brahma-myanmar\/","title":{"rendered":"Operation Brahma- Myanmar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News-<\/strong> After a devastating earthquake ravaged Myanmar recently, India initiated its relief and rescue efforts in the country under the banner &#8216;Operation Brahma.<\/p>\n<h2>About Operation Brahma<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>India launched this<em> humanitarian mission<\/em> after a powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar on March 28, 2025.<\/li>\n<li>The mission includes rescue teams, medical aid, and essential supplies.<\/li>\n<li>An <em>80-member NDRF team<\/em> with specialized rescue equipment has been sent.<\/li>\n<li><em>Two Indian naval ships, INS Satpura<\/em> and <em>INS Savitri<\/em>, have delivered 40 tonnes of aid to Yangon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Why Myanmar Experiences Frequent Earthquakes?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Myanmar earthquake was caused by &#8220;<em>strike-slip faulting&#8221;( Sagaing Fault)<\/em>, between the Indian and Eurasian plates.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sagaing Fault:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A major active fault extending north to south through central Myanmar.<\/li>\n<li>Ir functions as a boundary between the northward-moving Indian Plate and the Eurasian Plate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border-style: solid; background-color: #f7ffff;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Key Facts about Myanmar<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_331287\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-331287\" style=\"width: 399px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-331287\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Myanmar.png?resize=399%2C435&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Myanmar\" width=\"399\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Myanmar.png?w=467&amp;ssl=1 467w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Myanmar.png?resize=275%2C300&amp;ssl=1 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-331287\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source- Worldatlas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Location<\/strong>&#8211; It is situated in Southeast Asia, between latitudes 10\u00b0N to 28.5\u00b0N.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Capital<\/strong>: Nay Pyi Taw<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Borders<\/strong><\/span>:\n<ul>\n<li>It shares borders with <em>India, China, Bangladesh, Thailand, and Laos<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>It is bounded by the <em>Andaman Sea<\/em> and <em>Bay of Bengal to the south<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Mountain Ranges<\/strong><\/span>:\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Northern Mountains (<em>Mount Hkakabo, 5,881 m \u2013 highest peak<\/em>).<\/li>\n<li>Western Ranges (Patkai, Naga, Chin, Rakhine Hills).<\/li>\n<li>Shan Plateau (Eastern highlands with rugged terrain, deep valleys).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Major Rivers<\/strong>: <em>Irrawaddy River<\/em> (primary navigable river), Chindwin, Sittang, and Salween Rivers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News- After a devastating earthquake ravaged Myanmar recently, India initiated its relief and rescue efforts in the country under the banner &#8216;Operation Brahma. About Operation Brahma India launched this humanitarian mission after a powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar on March 28, 2025. The mission includes rescue teams, medical aid, and essential supplies. 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