A magnitude 7.7 earthquake in Myanmar caused widespread shaking and likely considerable damage because of a lack of buildings ...

A major earthquake in Myanmar on Friday has caused more than 3,000 deaths and led to the collapse of numerous structures.

The modern scale measures a quantity called “moment magnitude” (denoted as Mw), which is based on variables such as the area ...

While some buildings, including a high-rise under construction in Bangkok, collapsed, others swayed but remained standing.

Hundreds of people have died and over 700 have been wounded after Myanmar was struck by a 7.7 magnitude earthquake on Friday. The epicentre of the earthquake was near the central city of Mandalay.