A man cries while waiting for updates on the search for survivors at an under-construction high rise building in Bangkok on Saturday, March 29, a day after an earthquake collapsed the building.
Updated 3:40 AM EDT, Sat March 29, 2025
Myanmar was hit by a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake on Friday, with tremors felt across Thailand as well as in nearby Chinese provinces.
The quake triggered the collapse of buildings in Thailand, where authorities declared an “emergency zone” in the capital Bangkok. Authorities are racing to rescue dozens of people believed to be trapped under the rubble of an under-construction high-rise in the city.
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The site of a building collapse in Bangkok on Saturday.
Construction equipment is used to dig through the rubble, as people look for survivors in a damaged building in Mandalay, Myanmar, on Saturday.
Motorists wait in line at a petrol station in Mandalay on Saturday.
A damaged pagoda in Mandalay on Saturday.
Rescuers look for survivorss in the rubble of a damaged building in Mandalay on Saturday.
Peolpe wait for updates on rescue operations at the site of a collapsed building in Bangkok on Saturday.
Rescue dogs walk at the site of a building collapse in Bangkok on Saturday.
Rescue workers in Bangkok are gathered where an under-construction high-rise building collapsed during an earthquake on Friday, March 28.
An earthquake survivor is tended to at a hospital in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, on Friday.
were brought to a standstill Friday night after the earthquake disrupted the city’s key transport links.” onload=”this.classList.remove(‘image__dam-img–loading’)” onerror=”imageLoadError(this)” height=”2001″ width=”3000″>Cars sit in traffic in Bangkok. Parts of Thailand’s capital were brought to a standstill Friday night after the earthquake disrupted the city’s key transport links.
Rescue workers help at the site of a building collapse in Bangkok on Friday.
Cars are stuck on a damaged road in Naypyidaw on Friday.
Medical workers treat an earthquake survivor at a hospital compound in Naypyidaw on Friday.
A crack is seen on a building in Bangkok on Friday.
A woman looks up as she stands outside a Bangkok building after the earthquake on Friday.
People look for survivors under a damaged building in Naypyidaw. Myanmar’s military junta declared an “emergency situation” across much of the center of the country.
Bodies of victims lie on the ground at a hospital in Naypyidaw on Friday.
People inspect the debris of a collapsed building in Mandalay on Friday,.
People wait outside an evacuated shopping mall in Chiang Mai, Thailand, on Friday.
Rescue personnel block off an area around a collapsed building in Bangkok on Friday.
A construction worker is comforted by colleagues in Bangkok on Friday.
Pagodas are damaged in Naypyidaw on Friday. Myanmar is already reeling from more than four years of civil war.
Rescue workers arrive at the site of a building collapse in Bangkok on Friday.
Motorists drive past a damaged building in Mandalay on Friday.
A woman cries as she watches rescuers at the site of the under-construction high-rise that collapsed in Bangkok.
Rescuers carry an injured person from the site of a collapsed building in Bangkok on Friday.
Rescuers block off an area in Ruili, China, on Friday.