As many as 100,000 people are feared dead and many more missing following a massive 8.2 magnitude earthquake that razed buildings to the ground across Myanmar and Thailand.
High-rise buildings were reduced to piles of rubble and vast clouds of dust were launched into the air above Thai capital Bangkok this morning when the earthquake radiated from around 16km (10 miles) north-west of the city of Sagaing at a depth of 10km, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).
The tremors, which were immediately followed by a massive 6.2 magnitude sibling, has caused “massive damage”, crumbling a temple and killing its monk worshippers gathered inside. The worshippers inside are just 10 of the between 10,000 and potentially 100,000 the USGS fears could have died in the aftermath. Thousands of others are feared trapped below the rubble of toppled high rise buildings, with emergency officials having launched a major operation to save any survivors.
Myanmar earthquake UPDATES: Bangkok crowds washed away in horror CCTV as thousands feared dead
Thai rescue workers arrive on scene at a construction site after a building collapsed during today’s earthquake in Bangkok
Tens of thousands are feared dead in the wake of the 8.2 magnitude earthquake
Bangkok declared a state of emergency in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake
The scale of the destruction has sparked fears of a humanitarian disaster in the coming days
Rescue workers look at the debris of a construction site after a building collapsed in Bangkok
Roads have been entirely destroyed in Myanmar after the quake
Damage is seen to part of the emergency department of a hospital in Naypyidaw on March 28, 2025, after an earthquake in central Myanmar.
There are now fears of more lives being lost in the days to come as flooding and disease become factors in the wake of the damage from the earthquake.
Myanmar search and rescue teams race to rescue as many as 81 people believed to be trapped in one collapsed building
The terrifying moment a block of flats collapses after the Myanmar earthquake
An entire block of flats under construction also collapsed in Bangkok