Major Earthquake Hits Mandalay Area

An earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale with its epicentre about 20km from Myanmar’s second most populous city, Mandalay hit at about 1:00pm on 28 March 2025.

There were two earthquakes and aftershocks with their epicentres within 20 km of Mandalay City that has a population of approximately 1.5 million people.