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Earthquake in Myanmar, many places in Vietnam shake

According to Tuoitre.vn • March 28, 2025 14:40

According to the Institute of Geophysics, at 1:20 p.m. today (Vietnam time), a strong earthquake occurred in Myanmar, causing tremors in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City...

Động đất 7,7 độ tại Myanmar, Hà Nội, TP.HCM rung lắc - Ảnh 1. — Office workers in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City ran into the street when they felt tremors on the afternoon of March 28 - Photo: QUANG DINH

House shaking had to run down the street

Mr. Nguyen Xuan Anh - Director of the Institute of Geophysics, said the earthquake had a magnitude of 7.3, at a depth of 10 km.

Meanwhile, the US Geological Survey (USGS) website shows that this earthquake is as strong as 7.7 magnitude. Meanwhile, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said the earthquake was 6.9 magnitude in Myanmar and 7.3 in the Thai capital Bangkok.

The epicenter of the earthquake was initially determined to be at 21.90 degrees north latitude and 95.65 degrees east longitude. There is currently no information about casualties or damage caused by the earthquake, but the earthquake caused tremors in many places, spreading to Vietnam.

In Ho Chi Minh City, on the same afternoon, many residents in high-rise buildings in District 1, Phu Nhuan, District 11... said they felt their houses shaking and had to run outside.

Động đất 7,7 độ tại Myanmar, Hà Nội, TP.HCM rung lắc - Ảnh 2. — Hundreds of people in a high-rise building in District 3 poured into the streets after discovering shaking - Photo: TU NGUYEN

In Hanoi, many buildings in Bac Tu Liem, Hoang Mai, Ha Dong... also recorded strong shaking.

Living on the 16th floor of an apartment building in Hanoi, Mr. Luong said that at around 1:20 p.m., his building shook violently, causing many people to panic.

"It's been since I was a child that I've felt an earthquake so clearly, even though I was on the 16th floor it was shaking. I still haven't come to my senses," Mr. Luong shared.

Ms. Huong Giang, who lives in the Garden An Khanh building (Hoai Duc, Hanoi), said: "On the upper floor, I suddenly felt the furniture in the house shaking violently for 5 minutes. It was really scary."

Động đất 7,7 độ tại Myanmar, Hà Nội, TP.HCM rung lắc - Ảnh 3. — Many people ran out of a high-rise building in Hanoi after detecting shaking - Photo: XUAN TRUONG

Động đất 7,7 độ tại Myanmar, Hà Nội, TP.HCM rung lắc - Ảnh 4. — Office workers in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City ran into the street when they felt the shaking - Photo: QUANG DINH

Động đất 7,7 độ tại Myanmar, Hà Nội, TP.HCM rung lắc - Ảnh 5. — Office workers in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City ran into the street when they felt the shaking - Photo: QUANG DINH

Metro and trains in Bangkok stop operating

According to the National Seismological Center of India (NCS), the tremors were also felt in the capital New Delhi (India), Bangkok (Thailand)...

NCS continued to report another 7.0 magnitude earthquake at 13:32 at latitude 21.41 degrees North, longitude 95.43 degrees East. The epicenter was also at 10km. There are currently no reports of damage or casualties.

AFP reporters reported that the earthquake caused cracks in the road surface in the capital Naypyidaw, causing many ceilings to fall from buildings. The tremors were also clearly felt in many areas of Yunnan province (China).

The tremors were felt across northern Thailand and as far as the capital, Bangkok. People in buildings were sent running into the streets. Some metro and light rail lines in Bangkok were suspended.

Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has convened an "emergency meeting" to deal with the earthquake.

"I was sleeping in my house when I felt it. I ran out of the building in my pajamas, as far as I could," Duangjai, a resident of Chiang Mai, told AFP.