Tessa Wong
Reporting from Bangkok

In the last few minutes Thai authorities have updated a whiteboard by the main gate to the collapsed building site in Bangkok, with the latest figures.

It states there are 11 dead so far, of which eight are men and three are women. Another nine have been found injured. Scores of people are still missing.

Earlier, we reported that 12 people had died at the scene. But that’s different from what I’m seeing now on the whiteboard. The situation is still changing and the numbers keep being updated.

Separately we have just heard that the body of a man was pulled out today, and rescuers are working to rescue a woman who is trapped under the rubble.

Stay with us as we bring you more updates.

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BBC Burmese Service

Search teams are still working at the site of a collapsed high-rise block in Mandalay, near the earthquake’s epicentre.

The local fire authority says 29 people have been rescued from the rubble.

Nine bodies have also been recovered, officials say.

Yesterday, a 30-year-old woman was pulled alive from the rubble of the building after being trapped for about 30 hours.

The Sky Villa complex is a well-known 11-storey development in Mandalay, made up of four buildings – three of which came down in the quake.

On Saturday, a Red Cross official told AFP news agency that more than 90 people could still be trapped inside.

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BBC Burmese Service

Myanmar's military chief has told Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim in a phone call that about 1,700 people have died in the earthquake.

He says about 3,400 people are thought to have been injured, and around 300 are still missing.

The death toll could rise, he adds.

Esme Stallard
Climate and science reporter

The top layer of the earth is split into different plates. We have a good idea of where these boundaries are and also where there are faults - cracks in the rock - created by the movement of these plates.

Geologists have built up this picture through studying previous earthquakes and looking for clues in the rock. They understand that friction gets built up between the plates as they move, and it can get released as a surge of energy which is felt as an earthquake.

What they do not know is when that energy may get released. This makes it very difficult for emergency planning.

For those countries that close to fault zones or the boundaries of plates, buildings and infrastructure can be constructed to withstand shaking of the ground. This is common on the western coast of the US and in Japan.

However, when there are particularly big earthquakes the impact can be felt much further away in countries that have not prepared for earthquakes and would not generally consider themselves at risk. This is what we have seen in Thailand and may explain why we have seen buildings collapse.

You may have heard of the use of early warning systems, but these are only used for secondary effects like tsunamis or in the case of earthquakes triggered by volcanic eruptions. In this case there are sometimes warning signs that an eruption is imminent, for example the release of gases.

You can read more about predicting earthquakes, and why they are usually wrong.

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake hit 28km (17.4 miles) northwest of Mandalay, in Mattara township, at 15:38 local time (09:08 GMT), according to the US Geological Survey, which tracks earthquakes around the world.

A resident of Amarapura, a town next to Mattara, tells BBC Burmese it was the strongest quake they've felt since the one on 28 March.

Another quake, measuring 4.2, was also recorded nearby around midnight last night.

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Bangkok's deputy governor has just returned from the site of a collapsed building and has been giving the BBC the latest on the rescue efforts - insisting authorities are "not going to stop".

"We are still trying to get under the rubble because the 30 floors of the building piling up is really difficult to get through," Thawida Kamolvej tells BBC News.

She says teams are using X-ray machines to detect any movement within the mountain of rubble and try to "see any signs of life".

"We still have 79 missing," she adds. "I am still confident in my team. We are going to continue working around the clock, we have more people coming in. I have to find them."

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While attention remains firmly on the immediate response to the earthquake, Lauren Ellery from the International Rescue Committee sheds light on another disaster that hit the region last year.

"Last year there was already severe flooding which damaged homes, sanitation facilities and had already displaced people," Lauren tells BBC Breakfast.

"We are coming into monsoon season again in May with rain starting in April. So this is a country which can go from almost drought to severe weather conditions.

"With people displaced they are not going to be protected from the wind and the rain and the sun, this leads to even more displacement" in Myanmar.

Tessa Wong
Reporting from Bangkok

Just a while ago we spotted some movement at the site of a collapsed high-rise building in Bangkok, where 12 people have been confirmed dead.

Four workers were seen carrying a white bag from the scene, while a forensic team has entered the building site.

We can't confirm yet whether this means another body has been found. If we get confirmation from officials, this would mark the 13th person found dead at the site.

Scores still remain missing under the rubble as search efforts continue.

The Chinese embassy in Myanmar says at least 12 of its citizens have been injured in the earthquake in Myanmar, state media reports.

Myanmar was the country worst-hit by the earthquake, but parts of south-west China were also affected.

Rescue efforts are continuing in the Thai capital Bangkok, where dozens of people were trapped when a skyscraper was brought down by the earthquake two days ago.

This morning the Bangkok Metropolitan Authority said the death toll had risen to 17 while 83 people remain unaccounted for.

As we have been reporting, more than 1,600 people in Myanmar are confirmed dead.

The search for those still buried under the rubble continues, including dozens of infants at a pre-school in the second largest city Mandalay.

Matt Spivey
Live editor

Image source, Reuters

Good morning from London, it's just turned 06:30 here as Thailand and Myanmar are nearing midday.

It's nearly two days on from the earthquake, which struck close to Myanmar's second largest city Mandalay, causing mass devastation and more than 1,600 deaths.

This morning, we've heard from the United Nations (UN) that there is a severe lack of medical supplies making the response to the natural disaster more difficult.

Search and rescue teams continue to scour the rubble of collapsed buildings in both countries for survivors. In Mandalay on Saturday, a woman was recovered alive from underneath the rubble after being stranded for 30 hours.

In Bangkok, where a high-rise building under construction was flattened as a result of the earthquake, a 12th body was recovered late on Saturday evening.

Our teams in London, Bangkok and Myanmar will bring you the latest updates and analysis throughout the day, as the impacts of the earthquake become clearer while rescue teams work tirelessly to locate the missing.

Photos taken about 170 kilometres outside Yangon on the way to Mandalay show the impact of the earthquake on infrastructure.

The images show a stretch of highway - from Yangon towards Mandalay - torn apart by large cracks and fissures.

The quake was felt hundreds of miles away in Thailand and China, and has inflicted widespread damage on roads and communication networks throughout Myanmar.

Image source, BBC Burmese

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Tessa Wong
in Bangkok

I just spoke to a rescue worker at the Bangkok building collapse site, who is part of the team operating the drones and scanning imagery.

When asked if they have found any signs of life today, he said: "Not yet. I don't see any vital signs. I can only detect the bodies of the people who are trapped right now."

He explained that the team has been using a thermal imaging camera to detect body heat, and they have also been doing 3D scans of the structure to see if they can find people.

Officials are not only using drones and scanners, but also sniffer dogs and robots to find missing people in the vast mountain of rubble.

Yesterday they said they detected signs of life from 15 people, but it is unclear how many are still alive now.

We also heard that 30 persons have been detected in total but it is also not known how many of that number are alive or dead.

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More on the air strike we mentioned in the previous post.

BBC Burmese confirmed that seven people were killed in an air strike in Naungcho, in northern Shan state, less than three hours after the quake struck on Friday.

Pro-democracy rebel groups that are fighting to remove the military from power have also reported aerial bombings in Chang-U township in the north-western Sagaing region, the epicentre of the quake. There are also reports of airstrikes in regions near the Thai border.

The UN's Special Rapporteur Tom Andrews told the BBC on Saturday that it was "nothing short of incredible" that the military was continuing to "drop bombs when you are trying to rescue people" after the earthquake.

The junta, which has suffered continual and humiliating defeats and lost vast swathes of territory, has been increasingly relying on air attacks to crush resistance to its rule.

Read more here.

Gavin Butler
Live reporter

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We had reported earlier that the National Unity Government of Myanmar (NUG), which is in exile, had said its armed wing, the People's Defence Force (PDF), would "implement a two-week pause in offensive military operations, except for defensive actions, in earthquake-affected areas".

Anti-coup PDF battalions have been waging war against the military junta since the latter seized power in 2021. The pause is expected to begin today, although it is unclear if the other sides will do the same.

For one, the PDFs are not the only ones fighting the junta. Throughout the country, ethnic armed groups operating under their own leadership and not answerable to the NUG have also been engaged in the violent conflict, which has displaced millions.

It is unclear to what extent this earthquake will disrupt their operations.

The junta continued to bomb parts of Myanmar after the earthquake, in attacks that the UN described as "completely outrageous and unacceptable".

The World Food Programme's (WFP) country director in Myanmar, Michael Dunford, told the BBC that the humanitarian organisation is expecting to do its first food distributions in the country's capital, Nay Pyi Taw, this afternoon.

WFP also has teams in Sagaing on their way to Mandalay, Mr Dunford added.

“This is a catastrophe, a disaster on an enormous scale, in a country that was already struggling because of the various humanitarian needs," he said of the earthquake and its aftermath - noting the complexity of factors making it difficult to provide effective relief.

"We really are struggling to respond... We need the conflict to end… we need humanitarian access, and we need the ability to scale our operations immediately.”

For those survivors who are pulled from the rubble, Mr Dunford said, the main concerns would be providing them food, water, health, sanitation and shelter.

Tessa Wong
in Bangkok

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As the search for survivors at the Bangkok building site heads into its third day, there are a few signs of progress.

A large pile of debris has appeared near the collapsed tower - a measure of how much rubble the diggers excavated overnight.

This morning we heard that rescuers found signs of life of one person under the rubble, confirmed by scanners and sniffer dogs. A robot has been deployed to find a way in for rescuers.

As a reminder, Thai authorities said on Saturday that they detected at least 15 people who were alive - however, as the day wore on, they found that some of those people were not responsive.

They later said they had detected 30 people in total - though it is not known how many of them are alive or dead.

Officials have vowed to keep searching until they find every one of the scores of missing workers.

As of last night, about 83 people are still missing across Bangkok - the vast majority are construction workers at the building site.

The confirmed quake death toll in Bangkok has now risen to 17, authorities in the Thai capital say.

They say another 32 people were injured, and 83 are still missing.

Most of the casualties are from the site of a 30-storey building under construction that collapsed on Friday.

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Both Thailand and India are sending emergency response teams to Myanmar to assist with relief efforts.

Thailand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said a total of 49 Thai military personnel left for Myanmar on Sunday morning on their way to key airports in the Myanmar cities of Mandalay, Naypyidaw and Yangon.

"Their mission is to coordinate Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) efforts, including search and rescue operations and emergency aid deployment," the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement, adding that subsequent operations would deliver essential supplies including food, medicine, medical equipment and financial aid.

"This mission will be undertaken in parallel with our rescue effort in Thailand," the ministry said.

A 118-member Indian Army Field Hospital unit is also en route to Mandalay from Agra, and will assist in providing first aid and emergency medical services.

The unit will establish a 60-bed medical treatment centre to provide care to those injured in the earthquake.

Myanmar's military regime issued a rare plea for aid, with Min Aung Hlaing declaring a state of emergency and issuing an "open invitation to any organisations and nations willing to come and help the people in need within our country".

That's a notable move from a man who sought to cut Myanmar off from the outside world since he seized control of the country in a military coup four years ago.

"This is the first time this happened, that the government asked for help," Paul Roelofsen, country director for Myanmar at aid organisation ZOA, told BBC News.

New satellite images of Myanmar were released on Saturday which show the destruction caused by the earthquake on Friday.

Several Buddhist temples, some centuries old, were destroyed or damaged in the earthquake. Below are some pictures of the damage that's been caused.

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