Massive quake rocks Myanmar and Thailand. Hundreds feared dead
1 of 31 | The U.S. Geological Survey and Germany’s GFZ center for geosciences said the midday temblor was a shallow 10 kilometers (6.2 miles), with an epicenter in neighboring Myanmar, according to preliminary reports reports. (AP Video by Jerry Harmer)
2 of 31 | A powerful earthquake rocked Myanmar and neighboring Thailand on Friday. The extent of death, injury and destruction in Myanmar, which is embroiled in a civil war and where information is tightly controlled at the best of times, was not yet clear. (AP video: Aung Shine Oo)
3 of 31 | A strong 7.7 magnitude earthquake rocked the Thai capital Friday, causing buildings to sway. The U.S. Geological Survey and Germany’s GFZ center for geosciences said the midday temblor was a shallow 10 kilometers (6.2 miles), with an epicenter in neighboring Myanmar, according to preliminary reports reports. (AP Video by Jerry Harmer)
4 of 31 | A strong 7.7 magnitude earthquake rocked the Thai capital Friday, causing buildings to sway. Germany’s GFZ center for geosciences said the midday temblor was a shallow 10 kilometers, with an epicenter in neighboring Myanmar, according to temporary reports. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.
5 of 31 | A powerful earthquake has rocked Myanmar and neighboring Thailand, killing at least three people in Bangkok and burying dozens when a high-rise building under construction collapsed.
6 of 31 | Thailand’s defense minister says at least 90 people are missing and three are confirmed dead at the site where a high-rise building under construction collapsed when a powerful earthquake hit the capital of Thailand. Dozens of rescuers were seen at work on Friday, entering and leaving the construction site, and the road was blocked with emergency service vehicles.
7 of 31 | At least two people were killed on Friday after a building collapsed in Bangkok during a strong earthquake in the region. Thai emergency responders also said an unknown number of others were still under the rubble of the building. (AP video/Sakchai Lalit)
8 of 31 | A 33-story building under construction crumpled into a cloud of dust near Bangkok’s popular Chatuchak market after a powerful earthquake rocked the region on Friday
9 of 31 | United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has extended condolences to the people of Myanmar and Thailand after a powerful earthquake struck Friday, killing at least 150 people.
10 of 31 | The full extent of death, injury and destruction was not immediately clear — particularly in Myanmar, one of the world’s poorest countries
11 of 31 | Rescuers search for victims at the site of a high-rise building under construction that collapsed after a strong earthquake in Bangkok, Thailand, early Saturday, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)
12 of 31 | Rescuers search for victims at the site of a high-rise building under construction that collapsed after a strong earthquake in Bangkok, Thailand, early Saturday, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichako
13 of 31 | Patients are evacuated outdoors at a hospital after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, March 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Tadchakorn Kitchaiphone
14 of 31 | Relatives of workers at a high-rise building under construction that collapsed after a strong earthquake wait as rescuers search for victims, in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)