<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Myanmar's ruling military has declared a temporary ceasefire in the country's civil war to facilitate relief efforts following a 7.7 magnitude earthquake that has killed more than 3000 people.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The surprise announcement by military leaders who also head the unelected government came late on Wednesday on state television MRTV, which said the halt in fighting would run until April 22 to show compassion for people affected by Friday's quake.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The announcement followed unilateral temporary ceasefires announced by armed resistance groups opposed to military rule, and the military warned that those groups must refrain from attacking the state and regrouping, or else face "necessary" measures.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>LIVE UPDATES:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-tariffs-live-updates-liberation-day-latest-politics-news-headlines/efe3d301-2104-4dd7-9ddf-808a8423e0dc" target="_blank"><strong><span>Economies on notice as Donald Trump's long-heralded 'Liberation Day' arrives</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The resistance forces have also reserved the right to fight in self-defence.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Earlier on Wednesday, rescuers pulled two men alive from the ruins of a hotel in Myanmar's capital, a third from a guesthouse in another city, and another in the country's second city, Mandalay, five days after the quake. But most teams were finding only bodies.</span></div></div><div class="styles__Wrapper-sc-2o34ro-0 cmwkBV"><div class="styles__Column-sc-2o34ro-3 jJDKrX"><a href="/content/2025/03/29/19/21/earthquake-myanmar-thailand-in-pictures"><img alt="" sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 636px, (min-width: 768px) 396px, 100vw" src="https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/gydP_GsM5k6NKpzmMqViGwljsnU=/396x223/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2F204f2b18-9826-455d-aaf4-31842a184911" srcset="https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/gydP_GsM5k6NKpzmMqViGwljsnU=/396x223/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2F204f2b18-9826-455d-aaf4-31842a184911 396w, https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/NXLU1dHgAnYoD5OI3cARBSlczpg=/636x358/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2F204f2b18-9826-455d-aaf4-31842a184911 636w"/></a></div><div class="styles__Column-sc-2o34ro-3 jJDKrX"><div class="styles__Headline-sc-2o34ro-4 hpbOlz">Before and after: Satellite images show destruction caused by Myanmar earthquake</div><div class="styles__Button-sc-2o34ro-1 eBjlmW"><a class="styles__ButtonLink-sc-2o34ro-2 hqpklJ" href="/content/2025/03/29/19/21/earthquake-myanmar-thailand-in-pictures">View Gallery</a></div></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The quake hit midday last Friday, toppling thousands of buildings, collapsing bridges and buckling roads. The death toll rose to 3003 on Wednesday, with more than 4500 people injured, MRTV reported. </span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/myanmar-earthquake-update-death-toll-rises-to-3000/ac3de13e-cdde-41db-b12f-9897b8cf219c" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Local reports suggest much higher figures.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The quake worsened an already dire humanitarian crisis due to Myanmar's civil war. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>More than 3 million people had been displaced from their homes and nearly 20 million were in need even before it hit, according to the United Nations.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/federal-election-donkey-voting-what-is-it-explained/beaa248f-0b1a-4240-a266-e72155467053" target="_blank"><strong><span>Even the Australian Electoral Commission doesn't know how many 'donkey votes' are cast at the polls</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><h3><strong><span>Dramatic rescue in Myanmar capital</span></strong></h3></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In the capital, Naypyitaw, a team of Turkish and local rescue workers used an endoscopic camera to locate Naing Lin Tun on a lower floor of the damaged hotel where he worked.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They pulled him gingerly through a hole jackhammered through a floor and loaded him on to a gurney nearly 108 hours after he was first trapped.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Shirtless and covered in dust, he appeared weak but conscious in a video released by the local fire department, as he was fitted with an IV drip and taken away. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>State-run MRTV reported later in the day that another man was saved from the same building, more than 121 hours after the quake struck. Both were age 26.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Another man, a 47-year-old primary school principal, was rescued by a team of Malaysian and local crews from a collapsed guesthouse in the Sagaing township, near the epicentre of the earthquake close to Myanmar's second-largest city, Mandalay, where a fourth rescue was reported on Wednesday night.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The earthquake also rocked neighbouring Thailand, causing the collapse of a high-rise building under construction in Bangkok. One body was removed from the rubble early on Wednesday, raising the death total in Bangkok to 22 with 35 injured, primarily at the construction site.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/private-health-insurance-premium-increase-2025-australia-rising-costs-per-fund/39253cba-0115-475d-8f9c-97df6a03e7a5" target="_blank"><strong><span>Revealed: How much your private health insurer is hiking prices this year</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><h3><strong><span>Resistance groups have announced ceasefires</span></strong></h3></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Myanmar's military seized power in 2021 from the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, sparking what has turned into significant armed resistance.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Ceasefires had been announced earlier this week by the People's Defence Force, which is the armed wing of the shadow opposition National Unity Government, and the Three Brotherhood Alliance, a trio of ethnic minority guerrilla armies.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>That had put pressure on the military government to follow suit, said Morgan Michaels, a Singapore-based analyst with the International Institute of Strategic Studies.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It's too early to say whether a pause in fighting could lead to something longer lasting, he said. "It would require very deft and active diplomacy to transform a humanitarian pause into something more lasting. And that's not guaranteed," Morgans said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><h3><strong><span>More international aid heads to Myanmar</span></strong></h3></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Countries have pledged millions of dollars in assistance to help Myanmar and humanitarian aid organisations with the monumental task ahead, while also sending in specialist search and rescue teams and setting up field hospitals.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>India and China, both neighbours of Myanmar that compete for influence there, have been especially quick and generous with assistance. Multiple other countries have sent teams, including Turkey, Vietnam, Singapore and Malaysia.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The US government has pledged $US2 million in emergency aid and sent a three-person team to assess how best to respond given drastic cuts to US foreign assistance.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>United Nations spokesman Stephane Dujarric said that continuing aftershocks are complicating humanitarian response efforts. In Mandalay City, many people are completely cut off from electricity and running water.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"People affected continue to need urgent healthcare and medical supplies, safe drinking water, food and other critical items," Dujarric said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Tents and temporary shelter are needed, as well as latrines and other hygiene items, to prevent disease outbreaks."</span></div></div>