Myanmar’s ruling generals have form in exploiting natural catastrophes to gain military advantage. When the country was hit ...

The smell of decaying bodies permeated the streets of Myanmar's second-largest city on Sunday as people worked frantically by ...

Earthquakes are known for being destructive forces of nature, but not all of them actually stem from purely natural causes.

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

Officials are continuing to survey the destruction left in two major Myanmar cities and the Thai capital Bangkok, after a ...

Friday's deadly earthquake rattled most of Myanmar and Thailand but certain areas sustained the heaviest damage, including ...

Rescuers are desperately searching for survivors more than two days after a powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar, ...

Yann Klinger is a seismologist at the Institut de Physique du Globe in Paris. He describes the geophysical activity in the ...

It’s imperative to strictly adhere to provisions of building and structural codes relating to earthquake safety, not only in ...

TOKYO (AP) — Tsunami warning issued after strong 7.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Pacific island country of Tonga. Peter and Anne Watts made headlines when they became one of around four British ...

Myanmar continues to be hit by a string of aftershocks, the latest being a 5.1-magnitude earthquake that struck on Sunday morning. This follows a 7.7-magnitude quake that hit on Friday leaving at ...

Some estimates predict more than 10,000 people died in the quake and that economic losses could exceed the gross domestic ...