CNI News
30 March 2025

The chairman of the State Administration Council Sr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing arrived in Mandalay in the morning on 29 March 2025, where suffered the most casualties and building collapses due to a strong 7.7 magnitude earthquake rocked and supervised rescue and reconstruction efforts.

And then, a meeting was convened at the Central Command to carry out relief and support operations within the Mandalay Region. Because a strong 7.7 magnitude earthquake rocked near Mandalay, 1,002 people were killed and 2,376 people were injured all over the country as well as 68 people are missing, according to the statistics received as of the afternoon of March 29.

Due to the earthquake that rocked on 28 March 2025, in Mandalay Region, 694 people were killed and 1,640 people were injured, reported the SAC on 29 March 2025.

Moreover, 68 people are missing while 1,591 houses, 670 monasteries, 60 schools, three bridges and 290 pagodas were damaged, the detailed list was still being collected. reported the SAC.

Temporary relief camps have been opened in Mandalay and earthquake victims have been looked after. Currently, a state of emergency has been declared in Mandalay Region, Sagaing Region, Bago Region, Yangon Region, Eastern Shan State, and the Naypyidaw Council areas.

Russia, China, the United States, India, Malaysia, and ASEAN have sent relief teams and are also providing relief supplies to help earthquake-hit Myanmar.