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The 28 March magnitude 7.7 Mandalay, Burma (Myanmar) earthquake caused widespread and ... of rock—and that the remnants of a tectonic plate sinking in Earth's mantle may be the reason why.

and Plate Boundary Fault-3 -- each capable of generating earthquakes between magnitudes 7 and 8.5. Despite these alarming projections, earthquake preparedness in Dhaka remains almost nonexistent ...

March 28, 2025 – Myanmar Earthquake (M7.7): This earthquake occurred due to strike-slip faulting along the India-Eurasia plate boundary. The rupture likely took place on the right-lateral ...

The 28 March magnitude 7.7 Mandalay, Burma (Myanmar) earthquake caused widespread and severe damage in Myanmar and neighboring countries such as Thailand, with more than 5,000 casualties now ...

Dr Rebecca Bell, a reader in tectonics at Imperial College London, explained to BBC that the size of the earthquake was massive because of the type of fault, which was of 'straight nature'.

Myanmar lies on the boundary between two tectonic plates and is one of the world's most seismically active countries, although large and destructive earthquakes have been relatively rare in the ...

Reuters quoted University College London professor and earthquake expert Joanna Faure Walker as saying that Myanmar lies on the plate boundary between two tectonic plates – India Plate and Eurasia ...

A major earthquake ... plate colliding with the Eurasian plate, and the 2004 Tsunami as a result of the Indian plate moving beneath the Burma microplate. Dr Rebecca Bell, a reader in tectonics ...

A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.7 centred in the Sagaing region near the Myanmar city of Mandalay caused extensive damage in that country and also shook neighbouring Thailand on Friday.

The earthquake occurred along the Sagaing Fault, a tectonic boundary between the Indian and ... to “strike-slip faulting,” where the Indian plate is sliding northward along the fault, rubbing ...

The death of people has mostly been attributed to the falling of buildings and other structures. “Myanmar is no stranger to earthquakes. The plate boundary between the India Plate and Eurasia Plate ...