Personal for me since my daughter in law is from there. She’s trying to reach out but a) infrastructure damage and b) everyone else is trying too.
Edit 6.4 aftershock 12 minutes later.
https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/myanmar-thailand-earthquake-03-28-25-intl-hnk/index.html
Edit Map for those unfamiliar. Epicenter was NW of Sagaing, close to Mandalay, pretty much dead center of the country.
Buildings damaged completely collapsed as far away as Bangkok.
See dots on map.
Update from my daughter in law:
"I just spoke with my mom. Fortunately, my family is safe, but there are some damages to our house (Yangon) and my dad’s office (Naypyidaw).
I’ve heard that it is worse in Bangkok. My second brother is currently visiting there, and my family is trying to reach him."
Photos from Naypyidaw:
That’s terrible. 10km is quite shallow as well which has its own consequences.
Shallow and a 7.7… Felt in both Thailand and China… Potential to be devastating.
Yeah, USGS pagers are all read and the pictures coming out are not great, sadly
When you consider the epicenter, and the damage done in Bangkok, technically ALL of Myanmar is in the damage zone.
I’m seeing reports too that while Myanmar gets earthquakes, Thailand is not technically an earthquake zone, so their buildings aren’t made with that in mind. :(
Full apartment blocks turned to rubble in less than 20 minutes at noon I really do hope most people were outside. Time to watch a crash course tectonic geology, and volcanism.
New fear unlocked: being splashed out of a rooftop infinity pool during an earthquake 😵💫
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c4gex01m7n5t?post=asset%3Ae00f93b6-71d2-4cd9-9fa6-9b2e4aaf4ad6#post
Or being crushed by thousands of gallons of water thrown out of a rooftop pool during an earthquake…
I was just watching CNN and the one reporter claimed that in some areas they felt shaking for 3 to 4 minutes.
And a 6.4 aftershock 12 minutes after the first one…
Cracked open a rooftop swimming pool in Bangkok turning it into a waterfall(!)
Well not so much cracked open…just sloshing around like water in a tub and overflowing on the sides. Still scary AF… imagine you being in that pool at that moment 😐
2nd one!
Building under construction in Bangkok collapses, 40+ people missing/trapped:
Additional news and footage of Myanmar earthquake can be found in Myanmar community: https://lemmy.ca/post/41395929
I live in a similar country nearby. Buildings are constructed cheaply with no oversight. Emergency services are effectively non-existent. Apartment buildings are touching, or are very close together with tiny alleyways to access them. Ambulances are blocked by traffic. None of the fire sprinklers are working. The fire department is only coming by to collect bribes once a year. The people don’t see why they should care about something that isn’t likely to happen. They don’t worry about things they believe they can’t control. When a building catches fire here, hundreds of people die. Families will be fending for themselves.
Good luck friends.
Headline keeps changing, I’m trying to keep it up to date.
