A massive 7.7 earthquake originating in Myanmar has collapsed buildings over 600 miles away in Bangkok, Thailand ...

The earthquake which rocked Padang, western Sumatra in September last year killing more than 1000 people was not the 'great earthquake' which earth scientists are waiting for. In fact, it may have ...

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

A 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Myanmar caused over 1,600 deaths and significant damage also in Thailand. A high-rise under ...

MEDAN: Two powerful earthquakes hit North Tapanuli regency in North Sumatra on Tuesday (March 18) morning, triggering a landslide that killed one person and injured one other. The Meteorology ...

Three earthquakes struck Indonesia on Tuesday, with a 5.5-magnitude tremor hitting North Sumatra province in the morning, and two earlier quakes in Maluku and East Nusa Tenggara, the country's ...

An earthquake of magnitude 5.6 struck Northern Sumatra, Indonesia on Tuesday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 86 km (53.44 miles), GFZ said.

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.

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