Myanmar Earthquake: Humanitarian Snapshot (As of 7 April 2025)

The devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck Myanmar on 28 March caused widespread destruction—reducing homes, hospitals, schools, and vital infrastructure to rubble—in areas home to more than 17 million people. Over 9.1 million live in the hardest-hit areas, including Mandalay and Sagaing, where entire communities have been upended, forcing people to seek shelter in makeshift conditions, disrupting markets, worsening psychosocial distress, and bringing essential services —including running water, sanitation, and health—to the verge of collapse. The earthquake and succeeding aftershocks hit a country already facing immense humanitarian needs. Even before the disaster, an estimated 19.9 million people in need due to ongoing conflict, displacement, and economic hardship. The 2025 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan, already re-prioritized to address the most urgent needs, aimed to reach 3.6 million of the most severely impacted. Now, with needs escalating rapidly, the earthquake has pushed those already vulnerable people even deeper into crisis— while tipping many others into new and urgent need. The international community is mobilizing to support local responders and communities and scale-up life-saving humanitarian assistance.