section_path: Collapse
section_name: Collapse
paragraph_text: Collapse
  
  On 28 March 2025 at 12:50:52 MMT (06:20:52 UTC), a M 7.7 strike-slip earthquake struck the Sagaing Region of Myanmar, with an epicenter close to Mandalay, the country's second-largest city. Despite Bangkok being located more than 1,000 kilometers from the epicenter, heavy shaking was felt in the city due to the supershear nature of the seismic rupture and Bangkok's soft soil amplifying the energy released by the earthquake, which led to the collapse.
  
  At least 89 people died in the collapse, while nine others were injured and eight others were believed to be trapped under the rubble. Among the dead were ten migrant workers from Myanmar and a Cambodian national.