This is The Guardian.
Today, how will Myanmar's earthquake change the course of the civil war?
On Friday afternoon, Esther Jay was in her apartment in Bangkok in Thailand when the tremors started.
It is the most severe earthquake I have experienced in my life.
Esther was more than 600 miles away from where the earthquake had struck in Central Myanmar.
According to the Red Cross, this is the most devastating earthquake to hit Asia in more than a century.
Esther's from Myanmar and she worked there as a journalist until the military regime forced her and most other reporters out.
The apartment I used to live before the coup was already right by the military and also my bank account was free and it's not safe for me to go inside Myanmar.
The place where I live is very far from the epicenter and so you can imagine how it will be devastating for those who live near the epicenter.
At the moment, we know that more than 3,000 people have died and almost 5,000 have been injured.
Meanwhile, the military has continued its airstrikes and has been blocking international aid but things are changing.
Yesterday,
it finally agreed to a ceasefire and Esther's found
that for the first time in years people are willing to break their silence and speak out about what's going on in the country.
From The Guardian, I'm Hannah Moore.
Today in focus, the political aftershocks of Myanmar's earthquake.
Rebecca Ratcliffe,
you're the Southeast Asia correspondent for The Guardian and you've been reporting on the earthquake from Bangkok in Thailand.
Tell me about when it struck on Friday afternoon.
Where was the epicenter?