Myanmar Earthquake Live: Strong tremor felt in Yangon and Bangkok

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Rescuers work at the site of a collapsed building in Bangkok, Thailand, March 28, 2025. REUTERS/Ann Wang

 

Summary

  • Strong earthquake strikes Myanmar
  • Tremors from the quake were felt in Bangkok
  • Reports of a state of emergency declared in Thailand’s capital
  • It measured 7.7 magnitude, the US Geological Survey said

Here’s the USGS shakemap of the quake

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Stephen Farrell

Here's the USGS shakemap of the quake

Information from the United States Geological Survey

Where is Mandalay?

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Where is Mandalay?

Witnesses say multiple buildings collapsed in Mandalay

Shoon Lei Win Naing

Three residents of Mandalay, one of Myanmar’s largest cities, told Reuters they saw multiple buildings collapsing as scores ran out on to the streets when the quake hit.

Faiz, who gave only one name, said he was praying at a mosque when the quake hit.

“It started shaking as I was cleaning my hands to pray. We all run out of the mosque,” he told Reuters.

Another resident Htet Naing Oo said a tea shop on her street collapsed, trapping people inside. “We couldn’t go in,” she said, “The situation is very bad.”

How big was the earthquake?

Devjyot Ghoshal in Bangkok
  • The United States Geological Survey said the quake was of 7.7 magnitude and at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles)
  • It was followed by a powerful aftershock
  • The epicentre was about 17.2 km from the city of Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-largest, which has a population of about 1.5 million

Earthquake in Myanmar

A strong earthquake struck central Myanmar on Friday.

People rushed out of buildings in panic in Yangon and also in Bangkok, the capital of neighbouring Thailand, witnesses said.

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