World Trending India News The Indian classification ranks seismic zones from II to V. Seismic zone II is the least risky, whereas zones IV and V are the worst.

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A massive 7.7 earthquake originating in Myanmar has collapsed buildings over 600 miles away in Bangkok, Thailand ...

An earthquake is extremely destructive if it occurs shallow in the Earth's crust and near population centres - Friday's earthquake in Myanmar did both.

Myanmar has declared a state of emergency in the affected regions after the earthquake struck while the country is in the ...

Early Friday, a major 7.7 magnitude earthquake that originated near Mandalay, Myanmar, shook the Earth as far as Bangkok, ...

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The earthquake's destructive power stems from an enormous tectonic fault running through the middle of the country, according ...

Earthquakes are relatively common in Myanmar, where six strong quakes of 7.0 magnitude or more struck between 1930 and 1956 ...

It is said that the biggest reason for earthquake risk in Myanmar is the Sagaing Fault, a major fault, mainly continental ...