The magnitude 7.7 earthquake was powerful, shallow and in a heavily populated region with vulnerable buildings.

Earthquakes are relatively common in Myanmar, where six strong quakes of 7.0 magnitude or more struck between 1930 and 1956 ...

Geological Landscape of Myanmar Myanmar's seismic vulnerability is largely attributable to its geographical position along the Sagaing Fault, which acts as a major tectonic boundary between the Indian ...

Long back, a large collection of material masses coalesced and formed the Earth – it was a single crust or plate with no ...

The seismic event highlights Myanmar’s vulnerability to earthquakes, largely due to its location along the Sagaing Fault, a major tectonic boundary between the Indian Plate and the Burma microplate.

The Earth is made of different layers: the core, mantle and crust. Plate tectonic theory shows that the crust of the Earth is split into plates (pieces of the Earth’s crust). The movement of ...

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The 7.7 magnitude earthquake has caused widespread destruction across Myanmar and neighbouring Southeast Asian regions, ...