Powerful earthquakes rocked Myanmar, shaking Bangkok and toppling a high-rise. With tsunami fears looming, how do quakes ...

Earthquakes and tsunamis are often portrayed as the villains of natural disasters, leaving destruction in their wake. But ...

Myanmar’s location between two tectonic plates – the India and Eurasia plates – places it at particular risk of quakes.

An earthquake is extremely destructive if it occurs shallow in the Earth's crust and near population centres - Friday's earthquake in Myanmar did both.

The tremor– initially recorded at a 7.0 magnitude– hit at 2:43 pm local time (0143 GMT) at a depth of 10 kilometres (6.2 ...

An unexpected seismic event has struck, with a magnitude 6.7 earthquake recorded off the coast of New Zealand. This significant geological activity raises questions regarding its impact and any ...

In an alarming event, a powerful earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale struck Mandalay, Myanmar, on Friday, March 28, 2025, at precisely 1:20 PM WIB. This seismic activity ...

The quake was initially recorded at 7 magnitude which struck at a depth of 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) off the southwest tip of the South Island, the USGS said.