A phenomenon called liquefaction, which causes the ground to slump like quicksand, led to significant damage after the Myanmar earthquake. The risk of aftershock remains high.

This earthquake was the result of a strike-slip fault movement along the Sagaing Fault line, which runs north to south within ...

The magnitude 7.7 earthquake was powerful, shallow and in a heavily populated region with vulnerable buildings.

The earthquakes struck at the Sagaing Fault, which runs north-south and spans nearly 1,000 miles (1,600 km) through Myanmar toward the Andaman Sea. Earthquakes that occur on this fault are known ...

The earthquake's destructive power stems from an enormous tectonic fault running through the middle of the country. And, after a second magnitude 6.4 tremor shook the area 12 minutes after the ...

"The straight nature [of the fault] means earthquakes can rupture over large areas - and the larger the area of the fault that slips, the larger the earthquake," she explained. "There have been ...