The decline of death from the disastrous earthquake of Burma and Thailand on Friday has increased rapidly to more than 1,650 victims.
The earthquake was in Central Burma, where 1,644 confirmed that about 140 people are still missing, the ruling army of the country said on Saturday.
7.7 The magnitude earthquake destroyed the score of buildings as well as bridges and highways, which was the most deadly natural disaster to hit the war-torn country over the years. Burma is also known as Myanmar.
In Mandalay, in the second largest city in Burma, dug with their bare hands on Friday, who are still absent with heavy machinery shortage and officials in frustrated efforts to save the trapped people. The military rulers of Burma on Saturday allowed hundreds of foreign rescue personnel.
Rescuers work on the site of a building after a strong earthquake in Mandal, Burma on March 29, 2025. (Reuters/stringer)
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Earthquakes occurred during Friday prayers across the country, causing at least 50 mosques across the country, causing about 300 people killed, Yangon Khit Thait News Agency told,
An initial assessment by the Opposition National Unity Government of Burma said that at least 2,900 buildings, 30 roads and seven bridges were damaged by earthquakes.
The earthquake comes amidst a fierce civil war that has ruined the economy and millions of displaced. It agitates both difficult and dangerous across the country, complicates relief efforts and increases fear that death toll can still grow rapidly.
People drive on the previous motorbike of a collapsed building in Mandalay on March 28, 2025 after an earthquake in Central Burma. (Through STR/AFP Getty Image)
The airports have also been damaged, obstructing further rescue efforts. For example, satellite photos from Planet Labs PBC show that the earthquake topped the air traffic control towers at the Naipitov International Airport, such as according to the Associated Press, slipped from its base.
The country sits on the teak fault, a major north-south defect that separates India’s plate and Sunda plate.
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President Donald Trump said the earthquake was “terrible” on Friday and assured that the United States would assist in relief efforts.
“This is a real bad, and we will help. We have already talked to the country,” Trump said.
In neighboring Thailand, where the earthquake shook the buildings and brought a skyscraper under construction in the capital Bangkok, at least ten people were killed.
The dramatic footage imprisoned on Friday afternoon showed a 33-storey apartment building, which was under construction, spreading dust and debris on the streets of the city. Bangkok City officials said on Friday that 10 people were killed, 16 were injured.
A separate tall building with roof pool in Bangkok filled with water from the roof pool from the water as they were shaken and the debris fell from several buildings.
Thai Prime Minister Patongtern Shinavatra said that the country has now “returned to normal condition.”
Affersox was allegedly felt in India and China.
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In Burma’s photos and videos, two hard-hit cities were shown with widespread damage.
In Mandalay, close to Burma’s second largest city and Epicnter, Facebook is part of the earthquake pre -Royal Palace and buildings, according to videos and photos released on social media.
In the teak area south-west of Mandalay, a 90-year-old bridge collapsed, and some sections of the highway connecting Mandle and Yangon city were also damaged.
In the capital Naypyitaw, the earthquake damaged religious temples, topping the land and parts in some houses.
Christina Shaw, Greg Norman, Bradford Betz Reuters and Associated Press contributed to the report.
