Here’s what to know about the challenges from the natural disaster—compounded by ongoing civil war—and where the country could go from here.

Last Friday, a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar, its epicenter 17.2 kilometers (almost 11 miles) from Mandalay — the country’s second-largest city — and 16 kilometers (about 10 miles) northwest of Sagaing, devastating the war-torn nation. As of April 1, the death toll stands at more than 2,700, with 4,500 injured and 441 missing .

A 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Myanmar on March 28 killed more than 2,700 people, causing a major issue to loom over the country already besieged by civil war: how this natural disaster will impact Myanmar's ruling junta.