A 7.7 magnitude earthquake rattled much of Southeast Asia on Friday, flattening skyscrapers and leaving more than 1,000 people dead from Myanmar to Thailand.

Bangkok declared disaster area with 81 trapped in collapsed building - At least three people are dead and 81 missing after a skyscraper in Bangkok, Thailand, collapsed following the in Myanmar ...

When the ground began to tremble violently beneath his feet, Prem Kishore Mohanty from India was sitting in the auditorium of his daughter's school in Thailand's Bangkok.

The US Geological Survey (USGS) said that the epicentre of the 7.7-magnitude earthquake was 16 kilometres north-northwest of ...

A rescue team in Mandalay, the city closest to the earthquake's epicentre, tells the BBC they "are digging people out with ...

National flags will fly at half-mast until April 6 "in sympathy for the loss of life and damages" from the quake, the junta said earlier in the day. In Thailand's Bangkok, at least 18 people have ...

A passenger on Bangkok's BTS Skytrain relayed via social media that their train started "started shaking like an earthquake" with ... noting that many residents live in homes that may falter ...

The earthquake struck midday Friday with an epicenter not far from Mandalay, followed by several aftershocks including one measuring a strong 6.4 magnitude.

At least three hospitals in the country are out of service, according to the World Health Organisation, three days after a powerful earthquake hit the country.

The military government has made a rare appeal for help, but aid groups are hampered by infrastructure damage and an ongoing civil war.

International aid began to arrive in Myanmar as rescuers sought survivors. In Bangkok, teams dug through the rubble of a ...