No damage to the Bagan temples reported following the earthquake.

The powerful earthquake that struck this afternoon has caused damage across the country, but initial reports indicated that the ancient temples in Bagan remained undamaged.

The Department of Meteorology and Hydrology announced that a powerful earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale struck near Mandalay as the focus of an earthquake at around 12:51 p.m. on March 28.