{"id":1858,"date":"2025-03-30T19:20:24","date_gmt":"2025-03-30T16:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/planeta21vek.ru\/eng\/?p=1858"},"modified":"2025-11-20T12:38:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T09:38:09","slug":"a-major-earthquake-hit-myanmar-and-thailand-on-march-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planeta21vek.ru\/eng\/2025\/03\/30\/a-major-earthquake-hit-myanmar-and-thailand-on-march-28\/","title":{"rendered":"A major earthquake hit Myanmar and Thailand on March 28"},"content":{"rendered":"

A strong earthquake of magnitude 7.7 on March 28, 2025, caused buildings to collapse in Myanmar and Thailand, with fatalities and strong tremors felt in neighboring countries. The death toll from the Myanmar earthquake has risen to about 1,700 as of March 30, Xinhua reported, citing authorities.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A powerful earthquake in Bangkok caused a skyscraper to collapse, trapping 43 workers under the rubble, RIA Novosti reports, citing the France Presse agency and emergency services.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bangkok City Hall evacuated high-rise buildings and closed the underground and overground metro. Eyewitnesses also reported partial destruction of the historic palace in Mandalay, considered one of the main symbols of the city. The Shwe Pho Shein Mosque, where Muslims were gathered, also collapsed. According to a local resident, there were many casualties. The earthquake damaged Mandalay International Airport and Naypyidaw International Airport.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nEarthquake in Myanmar and Thailand. News<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

The Thai government has declared a state of emergency in the capital. Air travel has been temporarily suspended and schools have been closed across the country. Residents also reported that telephone lines and electricity were out in many places. The National Disaster Management Committee has declared a state of emergency in the regions of Sagaing, Mandalay, Magway, Bago, northeastern Shan State and Naypyidaw.<\/span><\/p>\n

The death toll from the earthquake in Myanmar has risen to about 1,700 people as of March 30, Xinhua reports, citing authorities. “According to the country’s State Administrative Council, about 1,700 people have died, 3,400 have been injured, and 300 are missing as a result of the powerful earthquake in Myanmar,” the report said.<\/span><\/p>\n

A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck central Myanmar (formerly Burma) on March 28, 2025, shaking Mandalay, the country’s second-largest city, as well as neighboring countries including China and Thailand, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The shallow quake struck at 12:50 p.m. local time (2:20 a.m. ET) at a depth of about 6.2 miles (10 kilometers), the U.S. Geological Survey said. Just 12 minutes later, a magnitude 6.7 quake struck south of the first at the same depth, and nine smaller quakes ranging in magnitude from 4.4 to 4.9 struck the region later in the day.<\/span><\/p>\n

“While Bangkok was ‘significantly distant from the fault site’ in Myanmar, it was a very large earthquake and it’s not surprising that it was felt at such a distance,” Gregory Beroza, a professor of geophysics at Stanford University, told Live Science.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nThe epicenter of the magnitude 7.7 earthquake that struck Mandalay, Myanmar, on March 28. USGS<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

The earthquakes occurred on the Sagaing Fault, which runs north-south and spans nearly 1,000 miles (1,600 km) across Myanmar toward the Andaman Sea. Earthquakes that occur on this fault are known as strike-slip earthquakes, in which one block of earth moves horizontally past a block of earth on the other side of the fault, according to the USGS. This is similar to the San Andreas Fault in California, which is also a strike-slip fault.<\/span><\/p>\n

Myanmar, located south of the Himalayas, is a seismically active region known for its strong earthquakes, Ben van der Pluijm, a professor emeritus of geology at the University of Michigan, told Live Science.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe reason for this is that the continent of India sits on the Indian Plate. And the Indian Plate has been moving north for about 100 million years,\u201d van der Pluijm said. \u201cBut about 40 million years ago, India joined the Eurasian Plate and continued moving north into the Eurasian Plate.\u201d Over millions of years, that collision helped create the Himalayas.<\/span><\/p>\n

Even today, the Indian plate is still moving north into the Eurasian plate. This movement is \u201cexactly what accumulates the energy that is released in earthquakes like the ones in Southeast Asia today,\u201d van der Pluijm said.<\/span><\/p>\n