A powerful earthquake rocked central Myanmar on Friday, buckling roads in the capital Naypyidaw, damaging buildings, and forcing people to flee into the streets in neighbouring Thailand.

NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar — A major hospital in the Myanmar capital Naypyidaw is a “mass casualty area” after the country was rocked by a huge earthquake, an official at the facility told AFP.

Footage shows locals running into the street as the earthquake in Myanmar ... Officials at a major hospital in Naypyidaw, the capital, declared it a 'mass casualty area', with the death toll ...

Naypyidaw (Myanmar) (AFP) – Rows of wounded lay outside the emergency department of the 1,000-bed hospital in Myanmar's capital Naypyidaw on Friday, some writhing in pain and others in shock ...

A 1,000-bed hospital in Myanmar capital Naypyidaw is a likely "mass casualty area", news agency AFP said Friday after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck near the city of Sagaing, which is 260km away.

GalleryNumerous injuries and damage were reported in Naypyidaw and Bangkok, the capitals of Myanmar and Thailand. At 12:50 pm local time this Friday, March 28, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck ...

Myanmar earthquake: A 1000-bed hospital in Naypyidaw, Myanmar’s capital, is a likely “mass casualty area”, said reports news agency AFP on Friday, 28 March 2025 afternoon after a 7.7 ...

A powerful earthquake hit Myanmar and neighbouring Thailand today turning a major hospital in the Myanmar capital into a ...

Fresh earthquake of 5.1 magnitude struck Naypyidaw on Saturday, a day after a deadly earthquake wreaked havoc in the country, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reports. The tremors were ...