| Event code | GE-ERQ/06741/BGD |
|---|---|
| Main category | Geological Event |
| Sub category | earthquake |
| Event date (UTC) | Fri, 28 Mar 2025 09:46:42 +0000 |
| Last update (UTC) | Sat, 29 Mar 2025 08:39:37 +0000 |
| Continent | Asia |
|---|---|
| Country | Bangladesh |
| Administration area | Mandalay Region |
| Settlement | |
| Exact location | Greater Mandalay City area |
| Open Location Code: | 7MHRW3GX+H8 |
| Size of affected area | Multi-counties event |
| Additional events | None or not detected. |
| Urgency | Past |
|---|---|
| Certainty | Observed |
| Severity | Extreme |
| Category | Geo |
Myanmar’s junta has declared an “emergency situation” across a swathe of the center of the country, including in second city Mandalay and the isolated, military-built capital of Naypyidaw. An “emergency situation” was declared in Sagaing, Mandalay, Bago and Magway regions as well as eastern Shan state. Also included was the military-built capital Naypyidaw, which is home to the junta’s top leadership. Three people have died after a mosque in Myanmar partially collapsed when a strong earthquake struck the Southeast Asian nation on Friday, Reuters reported. The news agency spoke to two eyewitnesses in the town of Taungoo, in the central Bago region.
A huge 7.7 magnitude earthquake has hit central Myanmar, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). At least 144 people have died and 732 have been injured so far in the country, Myanmar military leader Min Aung Hlaing said. The epicentre was 16km (10 miles) north-west of the city of Sagaing, sending strong tremors that were felt as far as south-west China and Thailand. The earthquake struck near Mandalay, which has a population of about 1.5 million people. A second quake struck 12 minutes after the first, according to the USGS, with a magnitude of 6.4 and its epicentre was 18km (11.1 miles) south of Sagaing. Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, gained independence from Britain in 1948, but its recent history has been marked by unrest and conflict.
A strong earthquake of 7.7 M at a depth of 10 km occurred on 28 March at 06.20 UTC (12.50 local time) in Sagaing Region, central Myanmar. The epicentre was located about 16 km north-north-west of Sagaing city, and 19 km north-west of Mandalay city. An aftershock of 6.4 M at a depth of 10 km occurred in the same area at 06.32 UTC. Sagaing is home to 1.3 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) – a third of all IDPs in Myanmar. USGS PAGER estimates that up to 7,000 people were exposed to violent shaking, up to 2,866,000 people to severe shaking, and up to 10,190,000 exposed to strong and very strong shaking. According to media reports, several buildings collapsed in Mandalay city, and buckling roads have been observed in Naypyidaw, the capital of Myanmar. The earthquake was felt in Bangkok and Chiang Mai cities in Thailand, where people have been evacuated from buildings, and in Yunnan and Shaanxi provinces in China. Aftershocks are continuing to be felt across the country. Myanmar has the fifth highest number of people in need of humanitarian assistance globally – 20 million, or about a third of the country.
| Number of dead: | 144 person(s) |
|---|---|
| Number of injured: | 732 person(s) |
| Number of Affected: | 0 person(s) |
| Number of Rescued/evacuated: | 0 person(s) |
| Number of Missing: | 0 person(s) |
| Number of Infected: | 0 person(s) |
| Code2 | BD |
|---|---|
| Code | BGD |
| Name | Bangladesh |
| LocalName | Bangladesh |
| GovernmentForm | Republic |
| Continent | Asia |
| Region | Southern and Central Asia |
| SurfaceArea | 143998.00 |
| IndepYear | 1971 |
| Population | 129155000 |
| LifeExpectancy | 60.2 |
| GNP | 32852.00 |
| GNPOld | 31966.00 |
| Capital | 150 |