Township-level sectoral maps based on data from the latest February 2025 round of the HDP Nexus 5W are now available on MIMU website. These maps provide a very recent snapshot of humanitarian, development, and peace activities on the ground before the earthquake, providing a pre-disaster baseline. Due to their sector-specific focus, these maps are especially helpful for response and recovery operations. For example, the WASH sector map can support planning and coordination for water and sanitation needs in affected areas.

As you are aware, we have been compiling all reports, maps, publications, and related materials on the 2025 earthquake.

As part of our longstanding Assessment Tracking Exercise, we’d like to request your inputs on any completed, ongoing, or planned assessments and surveys related to the earthquake. Just like in the regular exercise, this emergency request aims to support coordination and avoid duplicative assessments, which can strain limited resources and burden affected communities.

We will reach out to assessment focal points in the coming days. In the meantime, please share your information through the offline Excel form, or if you are already a MIMU contributor, use the online web form along with the provided guideline.

We understand the sensitivities around certain assessments. As with the regular tracking exercise, non-public reports will not be published on the MIMU website. Only anonymized and aggregated data (e.g., number of assessments in a particular township) will be recorded.

The latest Article from Center for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern, features the use of OSM for Humanitarian and Development Activities. Dubbed as the “Wikipedia of Cartography.””, OSM is a collaborative, open-source mapping project that provides free, editable geographic data to users worldwide.

In Myanmar, where there are many limitations on ground mapping, particularly in hard-to-reach areas during disasters and conflict, OSM plays a crucial role in quickly generating accurate, community-driven maps to support emergency response and planning.

In response to the earthquake, the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT), together with the global open mapping community, is supporting Myanmar's OpenStreetMap community (myOSM) to improve the quality of building footprint and road data in affected towns and communities. Through this newsletter, we’ve been sharing the calls to contribute on the mapping platform.

Read more on the MIMU website.

The latest map from the United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT) shows the density of damaged buildings caused by the March 28, 2025 earthquake, focusing on Mandalay and Sagaing Districts.

• Within the map extent of about 2,100 km², UNOSAT, Copernicus EMS and ICube-SERTIT observed a total of 4,764 destroyed and damaged structures & 4,369 potentially damaged structures.
• Within Mandalay City boundary of about 110km², a total of 1,076 structures are observed as destroyed and damaged, & a total of 519 structures are observed as potentially damaged.

Please Note: This is a preliminary analysis based on satellite imagery and has not yet been validated in the field. UNOSAT welcomes ground feedback to refine the assessment.

• Appeal -  Emergency Response to Earthquake affected Communities in Central and Shan states in Myanmar (ACT Alliance)
• Myanmar Earthquake Rapid Gaps & Needs Analysis (GNA) (as of 10 April 2025) (Logistics Cluster)
• Myanmar Earthquake Situation Report #2 (as of 5 April 2025) (UNFPA)
• Myanmar Earthquake: Shan pre-crisis profile (as of 10 April 2025) (ACAPS)
• Myanmar Earthquake Situation Report (as of 09 April 2025) (MRCS)
• Myanmar Earthquake Situation Report (as of 08 April 2025) (MRCS)

• Damage Assessment in Mandalay & Sagaing Districts, Myanmar (as of 03 April 2025)