Huidige Tijd in Pyawbwe, Myanmar (Birma) — MMT.

On 28 March 2025, at 12:50:52 MMT, a moment magnitude (Mw ) 7.7–7.9 earthquake struck the Sagaing Region of Myanmar, with an epicenter close to Mandalay, the country's second-largest city. The shaking caused by this strike-slip shock reached a maximum Modified Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). It was the most powerful earthquake to strike Myanmar since 1912, and the second deadliest in Myanmar's modern history, surpassed only by upper estimates of the 1930 Bago earthquake. The earthquake caused extensive damage in Myanmar, particularly in areas near the rupture, and significant damage in neighboring Thailand. Hundreds of homes were also damaged in Yunnan, China, while more than 400 apartments were affected in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Distance-wise, Pyawbwe is closest to Singapore (~2,300 km), Dubai (~4,193 km), Tokyo (~4,548 km); São Paulo is the far end at roughly 16,166 km. That ordering matters more than the timezone label for travel planning.

Pyawbwe sits inside Myanmar (Birma) — the South-Eastern Asia subregion, capital Naypyidaw, languages Burmese, currency MMK (Ks).

Around Pyawbwe, the nearest mapped reference cities are Yamethin (20 km), Meiktila (38 km), Kalaw (54 km), Wundwin (56 km); treat them as the de-facto regional cluster for MMT planning.

Closest curated airport references from Pyawbwe: RGN Yangon (410 km).

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