The deadly earthquake that struck near Mandalay on Friday was caused by “strike-slip faulting” along the boundary of the ...

“Myanmar is an area often exposed to large earthquakes, with over 14 earthquakes with a magnitude of 6 or above occurring in the region over the last 100 years, including a magnitude 6.8 earthquake ...

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Damage is reported in Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city (which lies 600km away from the epicentre) and in Naypyidaw, the country ...

According to Sobieszczyk, Southern California is prone to big earthquakes because of a tectonic plate boundary that runs up and down the state's coastline. Known as the San Andreas Fault ...

Data by the United States Geological Survey has produced a horrifying map which shows the extent of an earthquake in Myanmar ...

There is a reason why California chooses the last week in March to focus on tsunamis. It marks our worst historic tsunami ...