In picture: Southeast Asia quake

4:08 pm on 29 March 2025

This frame grab from UGC video footage taken and posted by Khon Su Cheevit Adeet Mai Suay Rok Na on Facebook on March 28, 2025 shows workers running away from a building as it collapses at a construction site in Bangkok, following an earthquake. A powerful earthquake rocked central Myanmar on March 28, buckling roads in capital Naypyidaw, damaging buildings and forcing people to flee into the streets in neighbouring Thailand. (Photo by Handout / Courtesy of Facebook user Khon Su Cheevit Adeet Mai Suay Rok Na / AFP) / NO USE AFTER APRIL 11, 2025 12:29:17 GMT - NO USE AFTER APRIL 11, 2025 12:29:17 GMT - -----EDITORS NOTE --- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / COURTESY OF FACEBOOK USER KHON SU CHEEVIT ADEET MAI SUAY ROK NA " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - NO ARCHIVES /

This frame grab from UGC video footage on Facebook on 28 March 2025 shows workers running away from a building as it collapses at a construction site in Bangkok, following an earthquake. Photo: AFP / Facebook / Khon Su Cheevit Adeet Mai Suay Rok Na

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Photos have captured the devastation across the region after a powerful earthquake stuck Myanmar killing more than 140 and toppling buildings across the region including a skyscraper under construction in neighbouring Thailand.

Construction workers, including Chanpen Kaewnoi (L), wait for news of missing relatives and co-workers at the site of an under-construction building collapse in Bangkok on March 29, 2025 a day after an earthquake struck central Myanmar and Thailand. Photo: MANAN VATSYAYANA / AFP

Blood is seen on the face of an earthquake survivors as she rests in a hospital in Naypyidaw on March 28, 2025, after an earthquake in central Myanmar. A powerful earthquake rocked central Myanmar on March 28, buckling roads in capital Naypyidaw, damaging buildings and forcing people to flee into the streets in neighbouring Thailand. (Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP)

Blood is seen on the face of an earthquake survivors as she rests in a hospital in Naypyidaw on 28 March, 2025, after an earthquake in central Myanmar. Photo: Sai Aung Main / AFP

People drive on a motorbike past a collapsed building in Mandalay on March 28, 2025, after an earthquake in central Myanmar. A powerful earthquake rocked central Myanmar on March 28, buckling roads in capital Naypyidaw, damaging buildings and forcing people to flee into the streets in neighbouring Thailand. Photo: AFP/ STR

Much of the devastation was in Myanmar's second-largest city, Mandalay, which lies close to the epicentre of the 7.7 magnitude quake.

This photo shows a building collapsing in Mandalay on March 28, 2025, during an earthquake. A powerful earthquake killed more than 20 people across Myanmar and Thailand on March 28, toppling buildings and bridges and trapping over 80 workers in an under-construction skyscraper in Bangkok. (Photo by AFP)

This photo shows a building collapsing in Mandalay on 28 March 2025, during an earthquake. Photo: AFP

Mandalay, with a population of about 1.5 million, is Myanmar's ancient royal capital and the centre of its Buddhist heartland.

People inspect the debris of a collapsed building in Mandalay on March 28, 2025, after an earthquake. A powerful earthquake killed more than 20 people across Myanmar and Thailand on March 28, toppling buildings and bridges and trapping over 80 workers in an under-construction skyscraper in Bangkok. (Photo by AFP)

People inspect the debris of a collapsed building in Mandalay on 28 March 2025, after an earthquake. Photo: AFP

In the capital Naypyidaw, buildings bridges and roads were wrecked, residents and local media said, forcing people to flee into the streets in neighbouring Thailand.

Motorists pick up pieces of a damaged road in Naypyidaw on March 28, 2025, after an earthquake in central Myanmar. A powerful earthquake rocked central Myanmar on March 28, buckling roads in capital Naypyidaw, damaging buildings and forcing people to flee into the streets in neighbouring Thailand. (Photo by AFP)

Motorists pick up pieces of a damaged road in Naypyidaw on 28 March 2025, after an earthquake in central Myanmar. Photo: AFP

An earthquake survivor is carried as she waits to receive medical attention at a hospital in Naypyidaw on March 28, 2025, after an earthquake in central Myanmar. Photo: SAI AUNG MAIN / AFP

A rescue worker attempts to extract a mother and her child from a collapsed building in Naypyidaw on March 28, 2025, after an earthquake in central Myanmar. Photo: SAI AUNG MAIN / AFP

An ambulance is pictured next to a destroyed entrance area (R) of the emergency department of a hospital in Naypyidaw on 28 March 2025, after an earthquake in central Myanmar. Photo: Sai Aung Main / AFP

Survivors wait to receive medical attention as they lie on the ground of the compound of a hospital in Naypyidaw on March 28, 2025, after an earthquake in central Myanmar. A powerful earthquake rocked central Myanmar on March 28, buckling roads in capital Naypyidaw, damaging buildings and forcing people to flee into the streets in neighbouring Thailand. (Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP)

Survivors wait to receive medical attention as they lie on the ground of the compound of a hospital in Naypyidaw on 28 March 2025, after an earthquake in central Myanmar. Photo: Sai Aung Main / AFP

In Bangkok, people ran onto the streets in panic, among them hotel guests in bathrobes and swimming costumes, as water cascaded down from an elevated pool at a luxury hotel.

Rescue workers look at the debris of a construction site after a building collapsed in Bangkok on March 28, 2025, following an earthquake. A powerful earthquake rocked central Myanmar on March 28, buckling roads in capital Naypyidaw, damaging buildings and forcing people to flee into the streets in neighbouring Thailand. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)

Rescue workers look at the debris of a construction site after a building collapsed in Bangkok on 28 March 28, 2025, following an earthquake. Photo: Lillian Suwanrumpha / AFP

An earthquake survivor is transported in the compound of a hospital in Naypyidaw on March 28, 2025, after an earthquake in central Myanmar. A powerful earthquake rocked central Myanmar on March 28, buckling roads in capital Naypyidaw, damaging buildings and forcing people to flee into the streets in neighbouring Thailand. (Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP)

An earthquake survivor is transported in the compound of a hospital in Naypyidaw on 28 March 2025, after an earthquake in central Myanmar. Photo: Sai Aung Main / AFP

Rescue workers walk past debris of a construction site after a building collapsed in Bangkok on March 28, 2025, following an earthquake. A powerful earthquake rocked central Myanmar on March 28, buckling roads in capital Naypyidaw, damaging buildings and forcing people to flee into the streets in neighbouring Thailand. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)

Rescue workers walk past debris of a construction site after a building collapsed in Bangkok on March 28, 2025, following an earthquake. Photo: LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA / AFP

Of the confirmed casualties in the Thai capital, eight died in the building collapse and a ninth at another location, Bangkok Deputy Governor Tavida Kamolvej said.

A collapsed building at a construction site is seen in Bangkok on March 28, 2025, after an earthquake. A powerful earthquake rocked central Myanmar on March 28, buckling roads in capital Naypyidaw, damaging buildings and forcing people to flee into the streets in neighbouring Thailand. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)

A collapsed building at a construction site is seen in Bangkok on 28 March 2025, after an earthquake. Photo: Lillian Suwanrumpha / AFP

People gather outside a shopping mall in Bangkok on March 28, 2025, after an earthquake in central Myanmar. A powerful earthquake rattled Myanmar and neighbouring Thailand on Friday, trapping dozens of workers in a collapsed under-construction skyscraper in Bangkok where a state of emergency was declared. (Photo by Chayanit ITTHIPONGMAETEE / AFP)

People gather outside a shopping mall in Bangkok on March 28, 2025, after an earthquake in central Myanmar. Photo: CHAYANIT ITTHIPONGMAETEE / AFP

An injured man is rescued at a construction site where a building collapsed in Bangkok on March 28, 2025, after an earthquake. A powerful earthquake rocked central Myanmar on March 28, buckling roads in capital Naypyidaw, damaging buildings and forcing people to flee into the streets in neighbouring Thailand. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)

An injured man is rescued at a construction site where a building collapsed in Bangkok on 28 March 2025, after an earthquake. Photo: Lillian Suwanrumpha / AFP