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The famed San Andreas Fault in California is nearly identical to the one that caused last week’s destructive tremor in Myanmar, and is also overdue for an earthquake.
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Why the Myanmar earthquake was so destructive
While the full extent of the damage remains unclear ... which some experts have compared to the San Andreas Fault in ...
More than 100 people were killed when a 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit Myanmar and Thailand on Friday. Update 2:20 p.m. ET ...
The powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake rocked Myanmar and reverberated across the region, with several dead and nearly 100 ...
Aid workers have warned it could be weeks before the full extent of the damage in the ... The earthquake occurred along the Sagaing Fault, a major tectonic structure similar to California’s San ...
Myanmar declared a state of emergency. Buildings in Mandalay have toppled; fires have reportedly broken out; hospitals are overwhelmed.
Now, the bulge of material trapped between these same two plates is being ejected towards the east, thanks in part to the Sagaing fault. As far as faults are concerned, the San Andreas Fault in ...