A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.7 centred in the Sagaing region near the Myanmar city of Mandalay caused extensive ...

Myanmar was struck by a massive 7.7-magnitude earthquake, followed by another one of 6.4 on the Richter Scale today, which claimed several lives and toppled buildings, ruptured roads and collapsed ...

There are a number of hazards caused by plate tectonics including earthquakes and tsunamis ... the forces reached breaking point. The fault starts to rupture. The western side of the mountain ...

A USGS map shows where in California 2.5 magnitude (or greater) earthquakes were recorded in the last seven days—the San Andreas Fault is represented as a thick red line. A USGS map shows where ...

This research not only sheds light on the seismic behavior of the Main Marmara Fault near Istanbul, but also serves as a critical reminder of the ongoing threat that earthquakes pose to urban ...

The summer’s Eastside L.A earthquakes, for instance, were centered on faults associated with the Puente Hills thrust fault system, which is underneath downtown L.A. and swaths of southeast L.A ...