Myanmar-Thailand Earthquake (March 2025)

A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck central Myanmar on March 28, 2025, with severe shaking felt as far as Bangkok, Thailand, over 1,000 kilometers away. The disaster killed over 3,000 people and destroyed thousands of buildings in Mandalay and surrounding regions. In Bangkok, several high-rise buildings under construction collapsed from the seismic waves, killing dozens. It was the deadliest earthquake in Southeast Asia in over two decades.