Myanmar is vulnerable to hazards from moderate and large magnitude earthquakes and tsunamis along its long coastline. Myanmar is wedged between four tectonic plates (the Indian, Eurasian, Sunda, and ...

After Myanmar was struck by a powerful earthquake on March 28, the leader of the country’s military junta, Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, issued a rare call for international aid. Teams of rescue workers were ...

Earthquakes are devastating for those who have lost loved ones, homes and livelihoods, but for military dictators clinging to power, such disasters can also bring opportunity. The junta is headed by a ...

A rare, ultra-long earthquake in Myanmar revealed that mature faults can deliver their full force directly to the surface.

Young girls trapped with their grandmother under the rubble of a collapsed building in the Myanmar earthquake filmed their desperate plea for help. The children, who were trapped under the wreckage of ...

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- A strong earthquake collapsed a bridge and damaged ancient Buddhist pagodas in northern Myanmar, and piecemeal reports from the underdeveloped mining region said mines ...

BANGKOK — Two months after a deadly earthquake ravaged much of central and northeastern Myanmar, recovery is just inching along, with huge numbers of people living in temporary shelters while facing ...

Asean continues to demonstrate its humanitarian support for Myanmar by mobilising rice supply to fortify the Southeast nation ...

Myanmar votes in sham election under atmosphere of fear and coercion: ‘What will change? Nothing’ - ON THE GROUND: With only ...

BANGKOK -- A powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake rocked Myanmar and neighboring Thailand Friday, destroying buildings, bridges and a monastery. The death toll in Myanmar has jumped to nearly 700, ...

A 7.7-magnitude earthquake centered in Myanmar reverberated across Southeast Asia on Friday, with the scale of death, injury and destruction slowly coming into view in the war-ravaged nation, where ...