Earthquakes are among the most formidable natural disasters, striking with little warning and causing widespread devastation.

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the plate boundary in Southeast Asia is an active tectonic feature that generated one of the largest earthquakes in history, of magnitude 9.2, and a transcontinental tsunami in 2004. The tectonic ...

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

The USGS issued a tsunami warning along the Papua New Guinea coastline after the temblor on Saturday morning local time.

Earthquakes are not uncommon in Pakistan, as the country is situated on the boundary of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates. Large parts of South Asia are seismically active because a tectonic ...

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Following a massive 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar, here's a look at how communities throughout the region—and the ...

The Japanese government has warned of catastrophic economic damage and nearly 300,000 deaths when the next "megaquake" hits the archipelagic nation, according to a new estimation released on Monday.

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Earthquakes strike when tectonic plates, the large rocks making up the Earth’s crust, rub against each other. The USGS says the Myanmar quake occurred due to “strike slip faulting” between ...