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Powerful quakes rock Thailand, Myanmar
The Philippine Star
|March 29, 2025
First deaths confirmed; mass casualties reported
The shallow 7.7-magnitude temblor hit northwest of the city of Sagaing, central Myanmar, and was followed minutes later by a 6.4-magnitude aftershock, toppling buildings, rupturing roads and collapsing the well-known Ava bridge.
This story is from the March 29, 2025 edition of The Philippine Star.
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