A massive 7.7 earthquake originating in Myanmar has collapsed buildings over 600 miles away in Bangkok, Thailand ...
A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.7 centred in the Sagaing region near the Myanmar city of Mandalay caused extensive ...
This is how the mountains of the Himalayas in Asia were formed. Image caption, Tectonic plates on the Earth's surface ... Why not try and find it on a map? Zoom in and have a look for yourself.
Most geologic activity stems from the interplay where the plates meet or divide. The movement of the plates creates three types of tectonic boundaries ... India and Asia crashed about 55 million ...
Where the Earth's tectonic plates meet ... themselves be transformed to other types of plate boundary. For example, when India collided with Asia, an active subduction zone was transformed ...
It is highly prone to earthquakes due to its location on the boundary of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates.