A 7.7 magnitude earthquake rattled much of Southeast Asia on Friday, flattening skyscrapers and leaving more than 1,000 people dead from Myanmar to Thailand.
Over 900,000 earthquakes occur worldwide each year. Fortunately, the vast majority of them are magnitude 2.5 or less, and great earthquakes (magnitude 8.0 or more) only happen about once every 5 ...
Startled residents were evacuated down staircases of high-rise condominiums and hotels in Bangkok. In Myanmar's Naypyitaw, the quake damaged religious shrines and some homes.
Here’s how the USGS describes the earthquake in its impact summary: “The most severe damage was reported ... a significant number of recent earthquakes are thought to be caused by humans.
The earthquake was felt in parts of China's Yunnan province, though casualties were limited. Two people in Ruili suffered ...