Massive 7.7 Earthquake rocked Myanmar, flattening buildings and shaking Southeast Asia
The devastation is unreal...
36-40, M
The devastation is unreal...
Is the area prone to earthquakes?
Yes. "This region is right on the boundary between the Indian plate and the Eurasian plate," says Maureen Long, a professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Yale University.
"It's certainly a place where we expect, tragically, earthquakes of this magnitude," she says.
Yes. "This region is right on the boundary between the Indian plate and the Eurasian plate," says Maureen Long, a professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Yale University.
"It's certainly a place where we expect, tragically, earthquakes of this magnitude," she says.
wildbill83 · 41-45, M
so much for those "earthquake proof" skybridges... 🤔
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