29 Mar 2025

Myanmar quake: BBC's Lindle Markwell reports

From Saturday Morning, 7:37 am on 29 March 2025

More than 144 people have died after a 7.7 magnitude quake in Myanmar.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in New Zealand says seven New Zealanders are registered in Myanmar and 161 in Thailand.

All of its staff from embassies in Yangon and Bangkok have been accounted for.

The BBC's Lindle Markwell who reports from Bangkok speaks to Susie.

Rescue workers walk past debris of a construction site after a building collapsed in Bangkok on March 28, 2025, following an earthquake. A powerful earthquake rocked central Myanmar on March 28, buckling roads in capital Naypyidaw, damaging buildings and forcing people to flee into the streets in neighbouring Thailand. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)

Rescue workers walk past debris of a construction site after a building collapsed in Bangkok on March 28, 2025, following an earthquake. Photo: LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA / AFP