Bangkok: A powerful earthquake has killed more than 1,000 people in war-torn Myanmar and neighbouring Thailand and caused widespread damage. Here is what we know about relief efforts: China China sent an 82-person team of rescuers to Myanmar on Saturday, Beijing’s emergency management ministry said. A separate rescue team from China’s Yunnan province arrived in … Read more
London: Britain’s King Charles III on Saturday sent his “deepest possible sympathy” to the victims of a devastating earthquake which has killed over 1,000 people in Myanmar and Thailand. King Charles said in a statement on X that he and his wife Queen Camilla were “shocked and saddened to learn of the devastating earthquake in … Read more
Bangkok: Doctors in Bangkok delivered a baby on the street outside the Police General Hospital during the massive earthquake in Thailand. The woman was in surgery when the tremors hit on Friday, and doctors were forced to evacuate the hospital. The patient was carried out of the hospital by medical teams and, surrounded by healthcare … Read more
Bangkok: Experts say that the devastating earthquake in Myanmar on Friday was likely the strongest to hit the country in decades, with disaster modelling suggesting thousands could be dead. Automatic assessments from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said the shallow 7.7-magnitude quake northwest of the central Myanmar city of Sagaing triggered a red alert … Read more
Bangkok: A construction worker told Saturday how he cheated death when a Bangkok skyscraper collapsed “in the blink of an eye” after a massive earthquake hit Myanmar and Thailand. Tearful family members gathered at the remains of the 30-storey building, which crumbled to rubble in just seconds on Friday, clinging to shreds of hope that … Read more
New Delhi: Buildings shook and swayed, water feel out of rooftop infinity polls and people ran around in panic as an earthquake hit Myanmar and neighbouring Thailand, killing around 700 people with operations on to rescue others. Indians, who form a large chink of tourists in Thailand, hurriedly returned home as the 7.2 magnitude quake … Read more
New Delhi: A massive earthquake struck Myanmar and parts of neighbouring Thailand, leaving a trail of destruction and a mounting death count. As of Saturday, the official count stands at 694 deaths with 1,670 people injured, according to Myanmar’s ruling junta. Here are 10 points on this big story: The 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit northwest of … Read more
New Delhi: India is sending around 15 tonnes of relief material to Myanmar after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake, and an aftershock of 6.8 magnitude struck the country on Friday afternoon and caused massive damage and claimed over 150 lives. The relief material is being sent to Myanmar on an IAF C 130 J aircraft from … Read more
Naypyidaw: An earthquake of magnitude 4.2 on the Richter Scale hit Myanmar on Friday at 11:56 pm (local time), according to the National Center for Seismology (NCS). In a post on X, the National Center for Seismology wrote, “Earthquake of magnitude: 4.2, On: March 28, 2025, 23:56:29 IST, Latitude: 22.15 N, Longitude: 95.41 E, Depth: … Read more
Washington: President Donald Trump on Friday vowed the United States would assist Myanmar after it was hit by a huge earthquake that also shook Thailand, with many killed and trapped in collapsed buildings. Trump told reporters “we will be helping” as images emerged of flattened buildings, downed bridges and cracked roads. (Except for the headline, … Read more
New Delhi: Tourists in Thailand’s capital Bangkok were caught in chaos on Friday when a strong earthquake struck the region. On the streets and shopping malls, people screamed in panic before they were evacuated. Fraser Morton, a tourist who was in one of Bangkok’s many malls shopping for camera equipment, said when the building began … Read more
Singapore: A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.7 centred in the Sagaing region near the Myanmar city of Mandalay caused extensive damage in that country and also shook neighbouring Thailand on Friday. HOW VULNERABLE IS MYANMAR TO EARTHQUAKES? Myanmar lies on the boundary between two tectonic plates and is one of the world’s most seismically active … Read more