After a significant earthquake centered in Myanmar hit Bangkok, Thai authorities issued a state of emergency, according to Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra on Friday.
Following the 7.7 magnitude earthquake, buildings in Bangkok suffered damage, including a 30-storey, under construction skyscraper that fell in the city’s north.
After an earthquake in central Myanmar, medical staffs in Naypyidaw hospital’s compound transported a casualty. On March 28, a powerful earthquake shook central Myanmar, buckling the roads in the capital Naypyidaw, inflicting damage to buildings, and forcing residents of neighboring Thailand to flee into the streets. Sai Aung MAIN/AFP photoAfter an earthquake in central Myanmar, a man walks along a ruined road in Naypyidaw on March 28, 2025. A major hospital in the Burmese capital became a “mass casualty area” as a result of a devastating earthquake that struck Myanmar and neighboring Thailand on March 28 and trapped dozens of workers in a Bangkok skyscraper under construction. Sai Aung MAIN/AFP photoAfter an earthquake in central Myanmar left a woman recovering in a hospital in Naypyidaw on March 28, 2025, blood can be seen on her face. On March 28, a powerful earthquake shook central Myanmar, buckling the roads in the capital Naypyidaw, inflicting damage to buildings, and forcing residents of neighboring Thailand to flee into the streets. Sai Aung MAIN/AFP photoAfter an earthquake in central Myanmar, people gather outside a Bangkok shopping mall on March 28, 2025. On Friday, a powerful earthquake erupted in Myanmar and neighboring Thailand, causing dozens of workers to be trapped inside a collapsed, under-construction skyscraper in Bangkok. (Photo by Chayanit ITTHIPONGMAETEE/AFP)After an earthquake in central Myanmar, damage was visible to a portion of a hospital’s emergency room on March 28, 2025. On March 28, a major hospital in the country’s capital became a “mass casualty area” as a result of a powerful earthquake that struck Myanmar and neighboring Thailand, trapping dozens of workers in a Bangkok skyscraper under construction. (Sebastien BERGER/AFP photo)Following an earthquake, a building in Bangkok collapsed on March 28, 2025, standing next to the debris of a construction site. On March 28, a powerful earthquake shook central Myanmar, buckling the roads in the capital Naypyidaw, inflicting damage to buildings, and forcing residents of neighboring Thailand to flee into the streets. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrupha/AFP)Following an earthquake, a building in Bangkok collapsed on March 28, 2025, revealing construction site debris. On March 28, a powerful earthquake shook central Myanmar, buckling the roads in the capital Naypyidaw, inflicting damage to buildings, and forcing residents of neighboring Thailand to flee into the streets. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrupha/AFP)After an earthquake in central Myanmar, damage was visible to a portion of a hospital’s emergency room on March 28, 2025. On March 28, a major hospital in the country’s capital became a “mass casualty area” as a result of a powerful earthquake that struck Myanmar and neighboring Thailand, trapping dozens of workers in a Bangkok skyscraper under construction. (Sebastien BERGER/AFP photo)
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