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CHIANG RAI – The Department of Meteorology’s Earthquake Monitoring Division recorded a 4.6 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar at 8:28 pm on 3 June 2025. The quake’s centre was located at 21.26°N, ...

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The USGS has documented 46 earthquakes of varying magnitudes in the region since early April, with Saturday’s event representing a significant escalation. Scientists are monitoring the situation ...

Because the region has a sparse population, few residents were affected, the USGS said. Ground failure and landslides were unlikely, as was liquefaction, when soil behaves like a fluid, it said.

Days after a devastating earthquake hit Myanmar in late March 2025, killing more than 3,700 people, footage of dark-colored liquid bubbling from the ground was misrepresented by social media users and ...

Scientists rubbished the claim, telling AFP that it actually shows soil liquefaction -- a phenomenon usually linked to earthquakes. "Myanmar's 8.2 earthquake tore the earth apart!

She was 24. Earthquakes would take her around the world—Afghanistan, New Zealand, Japan—and introduce her to the Iceland-born seismologist Egill Hauksson, a Caltech researcher.

The response triggered by the quake was also unusual. The USGS online portal that crowdsources first-person reports of shaking received nearly 184,000 entries — the most from any U.S. earthquake.

A phenomenon called liquefaction, which causes the ground to slump like quicksand, led to significant damage after the Myanmar earthquake. The risk of aftershock remains high.