section_path: Domestic responses/Myanmar
section_name: Myanmar
paragraph_text: Myanmar
  
  The State Administration Council junta (SAC) declared a state of emergency in six regions, including Sagaing, Mandalay, Bago, Magway, Shan State, and Naypyidaw, following the earthquake. SAC Chairman Min Aung Hlaing visited a hospital in Naypyidaw to assess the treatment of the injured. The junta also requested international humanitarian aid to assist with the aftermath of the disaster. General Zaw Min Tun said many hospitals in Mandalay, Naypyidaw, and Sagaing received a large number of injured patients and needed blood donors. In Sagaing city, junta soldiers conducted security checks and prevented unpermitted rescue operations from being carried out. Military checkpoints also hampered efforts to bury bodies as they blocked off the Islamic cemetery in the city. Emergency response teams from Ayeyarwady Region and Yangon were dispatched to Naypyidaw to help with search and rescue efforts. Reporters in Mandalay described rescue operations as slow with a shortage of personnel. Many collapsed buildings remain unsearched and few survivors have been found in searched buildings.
  
  The National Unity Government of Myanmar (NUG) met to coordinate emergency immediate relief efforts and called for international aid. US$1 million was allocated for emergency rescue with PDF forces deployed to aid affected resistance-controlled regions in Sagaing, Mandalay and Magway Regions. The government offered assistance in bring aid into their territories if the junta would guarantee the safety of medical personnel. The day after the earthquake, the NUG announced a two-week pause on offensives to coordinate humanitarian efforts with the UN and non-governmental groups. Despite this, the military continued airstrikes against rebel-held villages, prompting condemnation from United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Myanmar Tom Andrews. Min Aung Hlaing announced on 1 April that he would continue military operations against rebels. That same day, the Three Brotherhood Alliance announced a month-long ceasefire to facilitate relief efforts, followed on 2 April by the junta, which said it would observe a ceasefire until 22 April. However, the following day, the junta conducted an aerial bombing campaign in Indaw, Sagaing Region and continued shelling in Bhamo, Kachin State, which occurred despite a ceasefire declared on 2 April by the Kachin Independence Army.
  
  On 31 March 2025, the junta declared a period of national mourning that would last until 6 April 2025. A minute of silence was held at 12:51:02 MMT, the exact time the earthquake occurred, on 1 April. The junta also said that Thingyan celebrations scheduled in April were to be observed without singing, dancing, or festive entertainment. On 5 April, Min Aung Hlaing announced that 10 million kyats would be given for every person killed in the earthquake.
  
  On 19 April 2025, Min Aung Hlaing announced a redrawing of Naypyidaw's layout due to damage caused by the earthquake, while the offices of the foreign and labour ministries were transferred to the previous capital, Yangon.
  
  Some local aid groups were involved in distributing living tents among survivors. The junta was also accused of stockpiling aid meant for immediate distribution. ABC News said they received photos of relief supplies with the ASEAN logo at a warehouse in Naypyidaw and an anonymous claim that there were still unused nearly a month after the earthquake. A National Unity Government representative suspected that many aid from ASEAN did not reach the worse-affected areas which were controlled by the junta, and urged ASEAN to investigate the matter.