Early video from Irrawaddy News of earthquake damage in Myanmar: [NSFW] https://www.irrawaddy.com/video/mass-casualties-feared-from-myanmar-earthquake.html
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New York Times report says at least 20 dead in Myanmar: https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/2990019/at-least-13-dead-in-myanmar-after-strong-earthquake
Thank you for keeping us updated. With all the noise on the world stage, the real tragedies are being silenced.
Additional photo and video footage of the destruction in central Burma: https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/breaking-7-7-magnitude-earthquake-hits-sagaing-and-mandalay/
Video from the article clearly shows the collapsed historical British Era Ava bridge which traverses the Irrawaddy River. https://youtu.be/CR9q1PIOCj8
State media is reporting that 144 people were killed.
At Naypyidaw the military-built new capital: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT4VqCcW6jw&ab_channel=PMTech
India sending relief supplies. China and Malaysia have sent small rescue teams. https://www.socialnews.xyz/2025/03/28/india-to-send-15-tonnes-of-relief-material-to-earthquake-hit-myanmar/
Videos of destruction in Mandalay, closest to the epicenter of the earthquake.
A sweeping view of a neighborhood in Mandalay, city closest to the epicenter: https://youtu.be/StZyTj3oShg
Destruction is pretty wide-spread. Some more videos of the scenes in Mandalay I believe: https://youtu.be/be8fz5lBJmo
The buildings just collapsing in a moment, that's just terrifying.
I hope you and the people you care about are safe
Thanks. I'm safe in Canada. I have friends whose relatives are from Mandalay. Waiting to hear about what they faced. No news yet.
My daughter in law was able to reach her family there, family home in Yangon partially damaged, same for her dad's office in the capital.
One of her brothers was in Bangkok when it happened and nobody has been able to reach him yet.
Photos from Naypyidaw:
I hope her family is safe? I had not heard of damage in Rangoon till you mentioned it but it makes sense. Friends have not been able to get through to relatives in Mandalay.
Just heard, the last brother is now accounted for and is returning from Bangkok tonight, so everyone in the family is safe! Good news too because as with any family there are some little little kids too.
But yeah, if there was damage in Bangkok, then pretty much all of Myanmar is in the danger zone.
I'm glad to hear that for your DIL.
We're thrilled. She and our son were supposed to be flying back in April, but man, that doesn't seem likely now.
Yeah it's better to be cautious at this time.
A detailed science article on the earthquake: https://earthquakeinsights.substack.com/p/catastrophic-m77-earthquake-caused. Interestingly, the new Mandalay International Airport is built right ON the fault line.
This is a fantastically written article.
"Typically, aftershock rates decay as 1/time, so that by ten days after the earthquake, the rate has dropped to 10% of the first day. However, aftershocks are also irregular, and the potential for triggering of another large earthquake will remain elevated for many years."
Fire burns in Mandalay after the earthquake: https://www.facebook.com/zerothreetwo.bumbero/videos/massive-fire-burns-out-after-powerful-77-magnitude-earthquake-in-sein-pan-yat/2527321070771847/
Scenes after the fire: https://youtu.be/Xw-vxmAVefs
A drone shot of Bagan the ancient city after the earth quake: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/12HGEMqXxyY/
A video from Sagaing, the epicenter of the earthquake. Sagaing is mostly a rural hilly area on the other side of Irrawaddy river from Mandalay known for hosting hundreds or thousands of monasteries. https://youtu.be/2hyvWCkj9VI
Scene of an on-going rescue effort in Mandalay. https://youtu.be/qhlqg-OXu5o
A woman trapped inside the rubble. The man beside the camera says "please wait, we're getting a crane." the woman trapped inside replies "please give some water". https://youtu.be/StZyTj3oShg?t=26
A family trapped in the rubble : https://www.irrawaddy.com/video/miracle-amid-the-rubble-a-familys-story-of-survival.html
Myanmar Now reports that death toll has now exceeded 2000.
Children and teachers being pulled from the rubble of a school building in Mandalay: https://youtu.be/XwykugD6bos
[NSFW] A sad scene of someone in Mandalay trapped in the rubble who passed away sometime after the video clip was taken. https://youtu.be/84Rh2DK2zc4
its been about 36 hours since the last usgs recorded earthquake, maybe its over?
For the moment, hopefully.