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.

Myanmar’s location between two tectonic plates – the India and Eurasia plates – places it at particular risk of quakes.

Earthquake engineering experts Emily So and Ziggy Lubkowski answer technical questions about the 2025 Myanmar earthquake.

The deadly earthquake that struck near Mandalay on Friday was caused by “strike-slip faulting” along the boundary of the ...

Bangkok is home to more than 17 million people, many of whom live in high-rise apartments. Residents were evacuated when the ...

Myanmar’s location between two tectonic plates ... compared the boundary between the two plates to the famous San Andreas Fault in California, which caused the deadly Northridge earthquake ...

A women goes through rubble at a collapsed building ... Sagaing Fault. This fault, where the Indian and Sunda plates meet, is similar in scale and movement to California’s San Andreas Fault.

Footage from an NBC News crew on the ground at the Bangkok building collapse ... on the Sagaing Fault, a long, straight fault line with similar movement to the San Andreas Fault in California.