Myanmar’s location between two tectonic plates – the India and Eurasia plates – places it at particular risk of quakes.
A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.7 centred in the Sagaing region near the Myanmar city of Mandalay caused extensive ...
Early Friday, a major 7.7 magnitude earthquake that originated near Mandalay, Myanmar, shook the Earth as far as Bangkok, ...
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.
Gather your supplies! In this episode we will use everyday materials to learn about tectonic plates and fault lines.
Plate tectonic theory shows that the crust of the ... moving at about the same speed as your fingernails grow, so the map of the world will continue to change, but just very, very, very slowly.
It is highly prone to earthquakes due to its location on the boundary of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates.
Scientists uncover surprising evidence that the Kerguelen hotspot, responsible for the 5,000-kilometer-long Ninetyeast Ridge, ...
The seismic event highlights Myanmar’s vulnerability to earthquakes, largely due to its location along the Sagaing Fault, a major tectonic boundary between the Indian Plate and the Burma microplate.