{"id":15949,"date":"2025-03-28T15:05:03","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T15:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/what-we-know-about-the-earthquake-in-myanmar\/"},"modified":"2025-03-28T15:05:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T15:05:03","slug":"what-we-know-about-the-earthquake-in-myanmar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/what-we-know-about-the-earthquake-in-myanmar\/","title":{"rendered":"What We Know About the Earthquake in Myanmar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A 7.7-magnitude earthquake <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2025\/03\/28\/world\/myanmar-earthquake\" title=\"\">struck central Myanmar<\/a> on Friday, sending shock waves across Southeast Asia and causing deaths and damage hundreds of miles away from the epicenter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The military junta in Myanmar said that 144 people had died and 732 had been injured. The death toll there is expected to rise, with many injured arriving at hospitals in the country\u2019s second-largest city, Mandalay.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The earthquake collapsed a skyscraper under construction in Bangkok, killing at least seven people and leaving dozens missing. It also shook buildings in China and rattled bridges and homes as far away as Vietnam.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Myanmar is in the throes of a civil war that has left nearly 20 million people without proper food and shelter. Censorship <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/28\/world\/asia\/myanmar-earthquake-internet-censorship.html\" title=\"\">imposed by Myanmar\u2019s military government<\/a> has limited the spread of information from the heart of the disaster, even as the scale of damage in Thailand and other countries is slowly becoming clear.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-30e0bd1b\">Where was the epicenter?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The quake struck near Mandalay, in central Myanmar, at roughly 12:50 p.m. local time, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Approximately 12 minutes later, an aftershock with a magnitude of 6.4 hit the same area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7 is considered major. The magnitude of the aftershock is categorized as strong and likely to cause damage, particularly in densely populated areas, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usgs.gov\/programs\/earthquake-hazards\/earthquake-magnitude-energy-release-and-shaking-intensity\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">according to the agency<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Central Myanmar, where large plates of the Earth\u2019s crust are in motion, is <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2025\/03\/28\/world\/myanmar-earthquake\/central-myanmar-is-especially-prone-to-powerful-quakes?smid=url-share\" title=\"\">prone to powerful earthquakes<\/a>. The country lies on the eastern end of the Alpide Belt, one world\u2019s most active zones of seismic activity. Three quakes of magnitude 7.7 or greater have struck in or near Myanmar in the last century, according to a U.S.G.S. database, with the most recent in 1988.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The earthquake on Friday struck at a relatively shallow depth of six miles, meaning it was likely to cause more violent shaking. That shaking was felt as far away as Thailand\u2019s capital, Bangkok, more than 800 miles away from the epicenter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-6238cc56\">Which countries have been affected?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Despite the limited information from the authorities in Myanmar, the earthquake was almost certainly most destructive there. The city of Mandalay, the largest major city near the epicenter, has an <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/worldpopulationreview.com\/cities\/myanmar\/mandalay\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">estimated population<\/a> of 1.5 million people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Neighboring Thailand also felt the might of the earthquake, particularly in Bangkok, where <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/the-world-factbook\/countries\/thailand\/#people-and-society\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">around 11 million people<\/a> live in the metropolitan area. Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra declared the city an \u201carea of emergency,\u201d asking residents to evacuate from tall buildings to avoid aftershocks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In China, news media outlets in Yunnan Province, neighboring Myanmar, reported damage to buildings in the busy border city of Ruili.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The shaking was also felt in Bangladesh, to Myanmar\u2019s west, but there were no immediate reports of damage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-6258bd86\">What is the death toll, and what damage has been caused?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The toll is expected to rise as rescue workers dig through the rubble and injured people make their way to hospitals. Myanmar\u2019s military government said that 144 people had been killed and 732 injured.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-7\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In Mandalay, video showed that the Ava Bridge, originally built by the British in the 1930s, had partly collapsed, according to footage verified by The New York Times. But <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/28\/world\/asia\/myanmar-earthquake-internet-censorship.html?smid=url-share\" title=\"\">heavy censorship<\/a> enforced by Myanmar\u2019s military government has made it hard to see the full extent of the damage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In Thailand, at least three people died when a skyscraper that had been under construction collapsed in Bangkok. At least 70 people were still missing, while it was unclear whether another 20 people who trapped in an elevator shaft were still alive. The city\u2019s elevated train service was shut down and people fled from tall buildings after the city was placed in a state of emergency.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-8\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Chinese <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/weibo.com\/1683472727\/5149186815170730\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">state media reported<\/a> that an unspecified number of people were injured, with houses and buildings damaged in the city of Ruili.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-1ebbd7e\">What aid is available?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In Myanmar, the areas worst hit are in the center of the country, which are controlled by the military junta. When disasters have struck the past, like Cyclone Mocha in 2023 and Cyclone Nargis in 2008, the military government avoided asking for international assistance and throttled aid in areas not under its control.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-9\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In the wake of the powerful earthquake that struck on Friday, the junta <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2025\/03\/28\/world\/myanmar-earthquake\/areas-under-junta-control-are-the-hardest-hit-by-the-myanmar-quake?smid=url-share\" title=\"\">made a rare appeal<\/a> for help. The plea signaled that the authorities are bracing for a high death toll.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe will cooperate with them to ensure the best care for the victims,\u201d said Gen. Zaw Min Tun, Myanmar\u2019s military spokesman, after the government declared a state of emergency in six regions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Areas of the country that are controlled by rebel forces are farther from the epicenter of the quake. These areas appear to be relatively unscathed, but information in these often isolated areas may be slow to emerge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The World Health Organization <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2025\/03\/28\/world\/myanmar-earthquake\/d08d53e5-92b8-5513-98e4-2a5919ef74d1?smid=url-share\" title=\"\">said<\/a> it is looking at sending trauma supplies to support Myanmar. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2025\/03\/28\/world\/myanmar-earthquake\/8736e872-b21c-57c3-8b58-7b42144a1cbb?smid=url-share\" title=\"\">said<\/a> teams in the country were assessing the situation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">Reporting was contributed by <!-- -->Sui-Lee Wee<!-- -->, <!-- -->John Yoon<!-- -->, <!-- -->Keith Bradsher<!-- -->, <!-- -->John Keefe<!-- -->, <!-- -->Richard C. 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