Magnitude 7.7 earthquake hits Myanmar with damage hundreds of miles away in Bangkok

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Source: BBC

Summary

A strong 7.7 magnitude earthquake has hit central Myanmar, the United States Geological Survey says
The epicentre was located 16km (10 miles) north-west of the city of Sagaing at a depth of 10km, the USGS adds
Strong tremors extended into Thailand and Yunnan in south-west China, with videos on social media showing damage to buildings in Bangkok
There are reports of roads buckling in Myanmar's capital Naypyidaw
Myanmar has been in political turmoil since a military junta seized power in a 2021 coup. Getting information on the ground is difficult
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Myanmar earthquake live: Skyscraper collapses in Bangkok after magnitude-7.7 earthquake hits Myanmar

A magnitude-7.7 earthquake has struck Mandalay, the second-largest city in Myanmar, with the effects felt as far away as Thailand and Vietnam.

A 30-storey skyscraper in Bangkok has collapsed, trapping 43 workers, police and medics say.

[AZJonnie]

1. Watched the video of the collapse and ummmmm

Very sad to say that 'trapped' is a pretty optimistic description of the situation For there to be this kind of destructive shaking this far away from the epicenter I have to think it does not bode well for the areas much closer to it

Edit: after reading more, the impact may be worse in Thailand as earthquakes are more rare there so building codes don't call for earthquake-proof buildings. Myanmar is much more seismically active and probably has stronger buildings due to past history of a lot of strong quakes.

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. The collapse of the skyscraper under construction is like 9/11

Forty-three construction workers are missing after the earthquake caused an unfinished 30-storey building in Bangkok to collapse, Thai authorities say.

Fifty people were inside the building near Chatuchak Park, which is hundreds of miles away from the earthquake's epicentre in Myanmar.

Seven escaped while 43 others remain trapped, the National Institute for Emergency Medicine said in a Facebook post.

AFP news agency also reported that 43 people are missing, quoting police.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c4gex01m7n5t?post=asset%3A862ed8e5-5ddf-4915-bb89-a3c76091717e#post

Pictures starting to come from Mandalay:

Lines of wounded at Myanmar hospital after powerful quake

A stream of casualties were brought to the hospital -- some in cars, others in pickups, and others carried on stretchers, their bodies bloody and covered in dust.

"This is a mass casualty area", a hospital official said, as they ushered journalists away from the treatment area.

The hospital itself was hit by the terrifying tremors, which buckled roads and ripped tarmac apart as the ground vibrated violently for around half a minute.

The hospital's emergency department was itself heavily damaged, a car crushed under the heavy concrete of its fallen entrance.

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250328-lines-of-wounded-at-myanmar-hospital-after-powerful-quake

A 1,000-bed hospital in Myanmar capital Naypyidaw is a likely "mass casualty area", news agency AFP said Friday afternoon after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck near the city of Sagaing, which is 260km away. There is no confirmation on the number of dead at the hospital, but 20 have been reported from across the country, including 10 at a mosque that collapsed in Mandalay while people were praying.

The hospital - which has not yet been named - is one of the biggest in the city, AFP said.



https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/myanmar-earthquake-news-bangkok-tremors-1000-bed-myanmar-hospital-is-mass-casualty-area-after-7-7-earthquake-8030982

[Delphinus]

3. Oh my goodness

Huge light and love to all.

[muriel_volestrangler]

4. Myanmar earthquake: at least 144 killed as rescues also continue in Bangkok

Myanmar’s junta chief says at least 144 people have been killed and 732 injured by a major earthquake that struck the country and also brought down a high-rise building under construction in the Thai capital, Bangkok.
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Images published by Khit Thit Media, a news agency based in Myanmar, showed piles of bricks and rubble outside a damaged mosque, also in Mandalay. At least 20 people had died there, it reported, though it was not possible to verify this figure.

At least three people were also killed after a mosque in Toungoo, in Bago region, partly collapsed, two witnesses told Reuters. “We were saying prayers when the shaking started … Three died on the spot,” said a witness. Local media reported that at least two people died and 20 were injured after a hotel collapsed in Aungban.

In a briefing from Yangon, Marie Manrique, programme coordinator for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), said: “Public infrastructure has been damaged including roads, bridges and public buildings. We currently have concerns for large-scale dams that people are watching to see the conditions of them. We anticipate the impact to be quite large.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/28/myanmar-earthquake-thailand-magnitude-thailand-tremors-bangkok

US Geological Survey says Myanmar at risk of liquefaction - here's what that means

In the aftermath of an earthquake, "liquefaction" can continue to cause damage to buildings and infrastructure, which the US Geological Survey (USGS) says could become a significant issue in Myanmar.

Liquefaction is the process by which water-saturated soil loses its strength and behaves like a liquid during earthquakes, according to the USGS.

In a warning, the body says: "Liquefaction triggered by this earthquake is estimated to be extensive in severity and [or] spatial extent", with more then 1,000 square km (380 square miles) set to be affected.

If the ground beneath a building loses strength and begins to flow like a liquid, it can cause major damage.

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