A magnitude 7.7 earthquake in Myanmar caused widespread shaking and likely considerable damage because of a lack of buildings ...
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.
Isro has released pictures of the damages caused by the deadly earthquake in Myanmar that killed more than 1,700 people.
This is called a destructive or convergent plate boundary. When the plates collide ... Ridge on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean, where the Eurasian and North American Plates are moving apart ...
Earthquakes are relatively common in Myanmar, where six strong quakes of 7.0 magnitude or more struck between 1930 and 1956 ...
It is highly prone to earthquakes due to its location on the boundary of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates.