Os esforços de resgate entram no terceiro dia, com as tentativas de encontrar sobreviventes se intensificando após o terremoto de magnitude 7,7 que atingiu Mianmar e também a vizinha Tailândia, onde pelo menos 17 pessoas morreram em Bangcoc. O tremor inicial ocorreu perto da cidade de Mandalay, no centro de Mianmar, na tarde de sexta-feira, seguido, minutos depois, por um tremor secundário de magnitude 6,7.
Por que o terremoto em Mianmar foi tão devastador?
Os abalos sísmicos derrubaram edifícios, destruíram pontes e danificaram estradas, causando grande destruição na cidade de mais de 1,7 milhão de habitantes, a segunda maior do país.
A ONU alertou que as operações de resgate estão sendo severamente prejudicadas por estradas bloqueadas e prédios desabados, além da escassez de suprimentos médicos, tornando a resposta ao desastre muito mais difícil do que seria em circunstâncias normais.
Hospitais em partes do centro e noroeste de Mianmar, incluindo Mandalay e Sagaing, estão lutando para lidar com o grande número de feridos, segundo o Escritório das Nações Unidas para a Coordenação de Assuntos Humanitários (OCHA).
"Uma grave escassez de suprimentos médicos está dificultando os esforços de resposta, incluindo kits de trauma, bolsas de sangue, anestésicos, dispositivos auxiliares, medicamentos essenciais e tendas para os profissionais de saúde", disse o OCHA em um comunicado no sábado.
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Emergency services crew survey the site of a collapsed building in Bangkok on March 28, 2025, following an earthquake. A massive earthquake on March 28 turned a major hospital in Myanmar's capital into a "mass casualty area", while at least three people were killed and dozens trapped in neighbouring Thailand when a skyscraper collapsed. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)
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The debris of a construction site is pictured 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)
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Blood is seen on the face of an earthquake survivors as she rests in a hospital in Naypyidaw on March 28, 2025, after an earthquake in central Myanmar. 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 Sai Aung MAIN / AFP)
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A man walks along a damaged road in Naypyidaw on March 28, 2025, after an earthquake in central Myanmar. A powerful earthquake hit Myanmar and neighbouring Thailand on March 28, turning a major hospital in the Burmese capital into a "mass casualty area" and trapping dozens of workers in an under-construction skyscraper in Bangkok. (Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP)
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A rescue worker looks at debris at 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)
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Rescue workers stand near the 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)
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Rescue teams are seen at a construction site where a building collapsed in Bangkok on March 28, 2025, after 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)
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Medical workers and people walk past boxes of medical material placed in the compound of a hospital in Naypyidaw on March 28, 2025, after an earthquake in central Myanmar. 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 Sai Aung MAIN / AFP)
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Patients lie on beds in the compound of Phramongkutklao Hospital in Bangkok on March 28, 2025, after an earthquake in central Myanmar. 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 Chanakarn Laosarakham / AFP)
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Rescue workers walk past the 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)
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Medical workers transport an earthquake casualty in the compound of a hospital in Naypyidaw on March 28, 2025, after an earthquake in central Myanmar. 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 Sai Aung MAIN / AFP)
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Número de mortos
O número de mortos em Mianmar após o terremoto de magnitude 7,7 que atingiu o país na sexta-feira subiu para cerca de 1.700 pessoas, segundo a junta militar no poder, que indicou também ao menos 3.400 feridos e 300 continuam desaparecidas. O forte tremor foi sentido na Tailândia e na China, provocando pânico e destruição.
O terremoto ocorreu por volta das 12h50 (3h50 em Brasília) e o Serviço Geológico dos EUA indicou que o epicentro foi localizado a uma profundidade considerada "rasa", de 9,6 quilômetros, a noroeste de Sagaing, perto de Mandalay. Um tremor secundário, de magnitude 6,7, foi registrado 12 minutos depois. Foi o maior terremoto a atingir Mianmar em mais de um século, com efeitos fortes na vizinha Tailândia. As autoridades da capital tailandesa disseram que enviarão mais de 100 engenheiros para inspecionar a segurança dos edifícios após receberem mais de 2 mil relatos de danos.