Survivors Still Being Found From Burma Earthquake, but Hopes Begin to Fade as Deaths Exceed 2,700

Rescuers work through rubble of a collapsed building following Friday's earthquake in Naypyitaw, Burma, on April 1, 2025. AP Photo

BANGKOK—Rescue workers saved a 63-year-old woman from the rubble of a building in Burma’s (also known as Myanmar) capital on Tuesday, but hope was fading of finding many more survivors of the violent earthquake that killed more than 2,700 people, compounding a humanitarian crisis caused by a civil war.

The fire department in Naypyitaw said the woman was successfully pulled from the rubble 91 hours after being buried when the building collapsed in the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that hit midday Friday. Experts say the likelihood of finding survivors drops dramatically after 72 hours.

Death Toll Numbers Forecast to Increase

The head of Burma’s military government, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, told a forum for relief donations in Naypyitaw that 2,719 people have now been found dead, with 4,521 others injured and 441 missing, Burma’s state MRTV television reported.