More Than 1,000 Dead After Magnitude 7.7 Earthquake Hits Burma

The USGS’s predictive modeling estimated the death toll could exceed 10,000 people and that losses could be greater than the value of the country’s GDP.

People drive on a motorbike past a collapsed building in Mandalay on March 28, 2025, after an earthquake in central Burma. STR/AFP via Getty Images

More than 1,000 people have been killed in Burma after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck the country on Friday.

The death toll in Burma (also known as Myanmar) jumped to 1,002 with 2,376 injured and 30 others missing, the military government said in a statement on Saturday, up sharply from the 144 dead that state media reported on Friday.