The 7.7 magnitude quake hit midday Friday with an epicenter near Mandalay, bringing down scores of buildings and damaging infrastructure.

A 7.7 magnitude earthquake has rocked Thailand and neighboring Myanmar, killing at least three people and burying dozens when a high-rise building under construction in Bangkok collapsed.

BANGKOK — A unilateral partial cease-fire to facilitate earthquake relief efforts was announced on Saturday by Myanmar’s shadow National Unity Government, which coordinates the popular struggle against the ruling military. The country’s death toll from the disaster soared to 1,644.

Rescue workers are continuing their search for survivors after yesterday's powerful earthquake in Myanmar. The country's military government says the number of people killed has risen to 1,002, with 2,

A powerful earthquake rocked Thailand and neighboring Myanmar on Friday, killing at least eight people in Bangkok and burying dozens when a high-rise building under construction collapsed. At least 144 people were killed in Myanmar,

The effects of the Trump administration’s deep cuts in foreign assistance will be tested in any response to the first big natural disaster of his second term.

Damage is reported in Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city (which lies 600km away from the epicentre) and in Naypyidaw, the country’s capital. The control tower of that city’s airport has collapsed, according to Mary Callahan of the University of Washington.