Myanmar Earthquake: Survivors Share Harrowing Experience of Being Trapped for Hours Beneath Rubble
April 1, 2025: A 7.7 magnitude earthquake has claimed over 2,000 lives in Myanmar, devastating cities like Mandalay and remote villages. Survivors’ stories have surfaced on social media, including a viral video of an elderly woman and her granddaughters trapped for 15 hours in a tiny air pocket beneath their collapsed home. Using a butter knife, they banged on concrete to signal rescuers.
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In Mandalay, two women trapped in a hotel for 5 hours used a phone light to survive in pitch darkness. Their message: “Live happily, do good, because karma is real.”
2 girls and their grandmother keep calm while trapped under rubble in the Myanmar earthquake. They've been rescued, but many are still missing.
— Yelisaveta Petrov (@YelisavetaPaUSA) March 31, 2025
My heart aches imagining their terror—the crushing weight, the desperate gasps for air during Myanmar's devastating earthquake. But… pic.twitter.com/QZTaybBTYj
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The scale of devastation includes:
- 200 monks killed in a monastery collapse
- 50 children crushed at a preschool
- 700 worshippers struck while praying in mosques during Ramadan
Humanitarian aid efforts are hampered by damaged infrastructure and communication blackouts, worsened by Myanmar’s ongoing civil war. The UN and IRC report an urgent need for tents, food, clean water, and medical help, as survivors now fear aftershocks.
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Myanmar Earthquake, Earthquake Survivors, Mandalay Quake, Asia Earthquake, Natural Disaster, Humanitarian Crisis, UN Aid, Trapped Under Rubble, Civil War, Rescue Stories, Viral Video