Spare a thought for those workers and the hundreds /thousands who died from that quake

[malaise]

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[SheltieLover]

1. ...

[SARose]

2. So terrible

Need to watch Pacific off the coasts of Peru and Chile for a quake.

[malaise]

3. We've been having many small ones in the Caribbean

One of these days another big one will show up

[AllaN01Bear]

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[AllaN01Bear]

5. info here.

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000pn9s/executive
and here .
https://ds.iris.edu/seismon/eventlist/index.phtml
map
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000pn9s/map

[malaise]

8. Thanks for the links

[AllaN01Bear]

11. youre welcome .

[leftstreet]

12. Thanks for those n/t

[sdfernando]

6. This is normally when

the U.S. would send aid, $$&, food, medical supplies, a hospital ship. I seriously doubt the orange felonious racist rapist even thinks of these things….and if it does it will want something big in return BEFORE any assistance is sent.

I am so ashamed of this country!

[SARose]

7. Not a word on the news

Me, too.

[Xavier Breath]

13. Every president except him, even the likes of Shrub, would have been on the phone immediately

offering all manner of assistance, and then telling the American people about our efforts. It's just who we are. Or, I guess, who we were.

[canetoad]

9. ABC Au is reporting

That the military head of Myanmar gov. is requesting international help. I can't recall them ever doing this before; the country is pretty much a blank slate, like North Korea.

Myanmar's isolated military junta has issued a rare plea for international help after an earthquake killed at least 144 people, with warnings the number would likely rise.

Friday's 7.7-magnitude quake shook the region, with neighbouring Thailand continuing rescue efforts after a 30-storey construction site collapsed, killing at least three people and trapping dozens of others under the rubble.

While the full extent of the catastrophe was still emerging, the leader of Myanmar's ruling military junta, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, addressed the country in a televised address.

After confirming the number of dead, he said 732 others had been injured.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-29/myanmar-issues-rare-call-for-international-help-after-earthquake/105111720

[malaise]

10. Too sad

Just wait for the real death toll

[muriel_volestrangler]

14. Official Myanmar death toll is now over 1,000

Here are the latest developments:

The official death toll stands at 1,002, according to Myanmar's junta government, with 2,376 people injured
Rescue workers are racing against time to save survivors buried under collapsed buildings after the quake struck Myanmar's second-largest city yesterday afternoon
There are similar scenes in Bangkok, where officials say at least 15 people are still alive underneath metres of rubble after an unfinished high-rise collapsed in Chatuhak
Air strikes and drone attacks have continued in Myanmar, the People's Defense Force says. The country been under military rule since a coup in 2021

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c4gex01m7n5t?post=asset%3A276f9ada-1c1b-4e89-a74c-759516607626#post

And, as an example of how getting aid in will be hard:

The main airport in Myanmar’s capital of Naypyitaw has been closed after Friday’s earthquake caused its air traffic control tower to collapse, killing at least six people, according to a news report.

The independent outlet Myanmar Now also said there were reports of extensive damage to aviation equipment.

It reported a source as saying that an air traffic controller, three female assistants, the son of one of the assistants and a military intelligence officer were confirmed dead following the collapse of the tower.

The report could not be independently verified.

It also cited an aviation officer at Yangon’s international airport as saying the radar systems at the airports in Naypyitaw and Mandalay were no longer operating.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/mar/29/myanmar-earthquake-race-to-find-survivors-as-junta-confirms-huge-rise-in-death-toll?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-67e7a0608f08bb7e41c34d66#block-67e7a0608f08bb7e41c34d66

[malaise]

15. Just saw this

will be thousands by the time they recover all the bodies

[malaise]

16. Latest - BBC says 1,600 confirmed dead in Myanmar

so far - 13 in Thailand.