Disaster Overview
The March 28, 2025, M7.7 earthquake near Mandalay, Burma (Myanmar), occurred as the result of strike-slip faulting between the India and Eurasia plates. Focal mechanism solutions indicate that slip occurred on either a north-striking, steeply-dipping, right-lateral fault or a west-striking, steeply-dipping, left-lateral fault. The finite fault solution indicates a north-striking right-lateral fault. This focal mechanism and finite fault solution are consistent with the earthquake potentially occurring on the right-lateral Sagaing Fault that lies in the fault zone that defines the plate boundary between the Indian and Sunda plates.
Reference: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000pn9s/executive
Objectives of this Web Report
This web report aims to analyze in detail the response of UN-SPIDER to the March 2025 Myanmar earthquake based on available information. It also aims to identify key private sector and academic partners who collaborated with UN-SPIDER in this response. Furthermore, it will investigate the specific types of satellites and the nature of satellite imagery used, the availability and content of publicly available maps showing the impact and damage of the earthquake, the cooperative relationship (if any) between UNOOSA/UN-SPIDER and Wuhan University and their respective contributions, how satellite imagery and damage analysis were used by relief organizations and government agencies in Myanmar, official acknowledgments of the contributions of private partners involved in providing satellite imagery, and the role of Regional Support Office.