After a tragic earthquake hits Myanmar and Thailand, we looked at the historical earthquakes of Alabama. Here's what we found

People in Mandalay, near the epicenter of the 7.7.-magnitude quake, were rushed to the main hospital. Shaking was felt hundreds of miles away in Bangkok, in neighboring Thailand.

Powerful earthquakes rocked Myanmar, shaking Bangkok and toppling a high-rise. With tsunami fears looming, how do quakes trigger massive ocean waves?

It is feared that the death tool will be high after a 7.7 quake struck the country, already devastated by four years of civil war. Local sources report the collapse of temples, mosques and churches, a

If the landslide at the Barry Arm fjord collapses, its falling ice and rock could generate a devastating 650-foot-high tsunami

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake was of 7.7 magnitude and at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). It was followed by a powerful aftershock

Non-volcanic tremor ramp up precedes slow slip in Cascadia by about a day, indicating that brittle-creeping process interactions control nucleation.

It turns out, there's a ranking of the nation's spots that are most vulnerable to landslides. What's more, Oregon locales, especially those near the coast, are especially vulnerable. Of the top 25 "Most Landslide-Vulnerable Counties" list released by Home Gnome, 11 are in Oregon. Another eight among that group are in Washington.

People felt shaking more than 100 miles from the site of the initial earthquake, according to USGS, including reports from Churubusco, New York (115 miles away), Malone, New York (123 miles away), and Beloeil, Québec, Canada (106 miles away).

According to Pasaribu, reports indicate that one elderly woman, Kartini Manalu (70), a resident of Hutabarat Village, Lumban Tongatonga Hamlet in Pahae Julu District, was killed. Her husband, Hulman Hutabarat (67), from the same household, suffered injuries.