This photo taken on March 29, 2025 shows a damaged building after an earthquake in Mandalay, Myanmar. (Photo by Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua)
YANGON, March 29 (Xinhua) -- A total of 1,644 people died, 3,408 were injured, and 139 remained missing in a powerful earthquake in Myanmar, according to the Information Team of the State Administration Council on Saturday night.
The earthquake hit the southeast Asian country on Friday, with Mandalay, Bago, Magway, the northeastern Shan state, Sagaing, and Nay Pyi Taw among the hardest-hit regions.
A Chinese rescue team arrived at Yangon International Airport in Myanmar on Saturday afternoon to assist in disaster relief efforts.
This photo taken on March 29, 2025 shows a damaged building after an earthquake in Mandalay, Myanmar. (Photo by Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua)
This photo taken on March 29, 2025 shows a damaged building after an earthquake in Mandalay, Myanmar. (Photo by Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua)
This photo taken on March 29, 2025 shows a damaged building after an earthquake in Mandalay, Myanmar. (Photo by Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua)
This photo taken on March 29, 2025 shows a damaged building after an earthquake in Mandalay, Myanmar. (Photo by Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua)
This photo shows rescue operations underway in Mandalay, Myanmar, March 29, 2025. (Photo by Kyaw Zin Tun/Xinhua)
Quake-affected people sit on the ground in the open after an earthquake in Mandalay, Myanmar, March 29, 2025. (Photo by Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua)
This photo shows rescue operations underway in Mandalay, Myanmar, March 29, 2025. (Photo by Kyaw Zin Tun/Xinhua)
Quake-affected people sit on the ground in the open after an earthquake in Mandalay, Myanmar, March 29, 2025. (Photo by Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua)
An airplane carrying a Chinese rescue team arrives at Yangon International Airport in Yangon, Myanmar, March 29, 2025. (Photo by Haymhan Aung/Xinhua)
Members of a national rescue team of China gather before departing for Myanmar in Beijing, capital of China, March 29, 2025. (Xinhua/Cai Yang)
A Chinese rescue team arrives at Yangon International Airport in Yangon, Myanmar, March 29, 2025. (Xinhua/Cai Yang)
A Chinese rescue team arrives at Yangon International Airport in Yangon, Myanmar, March 29, 2025. (Xinhua/Cai Yang)
This photo shows emergency relief supplies at the Kunming Changshui international airport in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, March 29, 2025. (Photo by Ye Qinru/Xinhua)
Chinese rescuers arrive at the Yangon International Airport in Yangon, Myanmar, March 29, 2025. (Photo by Haymhan Aung/Xinhua)■
