StEER has released a Joint PVRR and supporting Media Repository for the M 7.7 Myanmar Earthquake. This response was led by in collaboration with a consortium of several organizations: the Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance (GEER) Association, the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) Learning from Earthquakes (LFE) Program, the UK’s Earthquake Engineering Field Investigation Team (EEFIT), GeoHazards International (GHI), and the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Bangkok. The full citations for the two primary products of this Level 1 response are listed below:

Joint PVRR: Rodgers, J., S. Gunay, L. Tlau, J. Archbold, H. Kumar, C. Arteta, J. caballero calderón, D. Gho, R. Fields, E. Fischer, H. Lwin, Y. Lotay, J. Carrillo, J. Engelbrecht, C. Stingari, S. Anderson, J. Zou, Z. Thawng, A. Balachandra, N. Rogers, J. Russell, D. Zhang, D. Frost, G. Giardina, Y. Aktas, A. Ortiz, Y. Merino-Peña, X. Romão, F. Greco, M. Free , S. Leelataviwat , J. Byun, S. Wilkinson, B. Duran, L. Vargas, M. Alam, T. Kijewski-Correa, K. Mosalam, I. Robertson (2025). "StEER: M7.7 Myanmar Earthquake Joint Preliminary Virtual Reconnaissance Report (J-PVRR)", in StEER - Myanmar Earthquake. DesignSafe-CI. https://doi.org/10.17603/ds2-x3vv-pm77

Media Repository: Rodgers, J., T. Kijewski-Correa, H. Lwin, Y. Lotay, H. Stenner, J. Archbold, H. Shu, Y. Merino-Peña, H. Kumar, I. Bruges, J. caballero calderón, S. Gunay, Z. Khalil, M. Marinkovic, L. Tlau, J. Yuzbasi, G. Giardina, B. Petreski, B. Duran, M. Mejia Mejia, R. Fields, K. Ulmer, X. Romão, L. Vargas, K. Ancona, I. Robertson (2025). "StEER: M7.7 Myanmar Earthquake Annotated Media Repository ", in StEER - Myanmar Earthquake. DesignSafe-CI. https://doi.org/10.17603/ds2-5agf-4j78 

This dedicated response page at www.StEER.network contains all documents regarding this event up until this point and will continue to be updated with resources for this event. 

Given the magnitude of this event and the significant exposure of the building and infrastructure inventories documented by this J-PVRR, StEER would normally escalate to Level 2; however, Myanmar currently has a US State Department Level 4 Travel Warning (Do Not Travel), due to ongoing conflict. Some of the organizations contributing to the report are not permitted (by their sponsors or organizational policies) from sending teams to locations with a Level 4 warning or its equivalent. While field travel to Thailand would not face restrictions, the limited damage is already well documented by the government, AIT Bangkok and other local universities, which significantly reduces the need for an international team to travel.

Based on the above, StEER’s response to this event will remain at Level 1 with no activation of a Field Assessment Structural Team (FAST). As a result, this Joint PVRR represents the extent of StEER’s official response. StEER stands ready to make its mobile app available to any local organization who would like to conduct assessments and has the access and security measures necessary to do so.