The northern mountainous province of Dien Bien witnessed two consecutive earthquakes this morning, March 14.
According to the Earthquake and Tsunami Warning Centre, both of the earthquakes happened in Dien Bien Dong District.
The first one measuring 4.5 on the Richter Scale occurred at around 9:22 am at a depth of 13.2 kilometres, while the other measuring 3.4 on the Richter Scale at around 11:52 am had a depth of 8.1 kilometres.
To date, no losses have been reported, but many local residents quite clearly felt the shakes for a few seconds.
Dr Nguyen Xuan Anh, Director of the Earthquake and Tsunami Warning Centre said that the northeastern region of Vietnam is home to some fault systems, including Dien Dien-Muong Lay and Song Ma-Tuan Giao-Lai Chau. Several strong earthquakes previously happened in the region, including a 6.7-Richter Scale earthquake in Son La in 1982 and another measuring 5.3 on the Richter Scale in Dien Bien Phu City in 2001.
Source: dtinews.vn, TP