In this type of fault, the block of rock above the fault plane, known as the hanging wall, moves downward relative to the block below, called the footwall. Normal faults are typically found at ...

This earthquake was the result of a strike-slip fault movement along the Sagaing Fault line, which runs north ... is caused by two different tectonic plates moving in opposite directions.

The tremors were felt as far as 2,000 km away in Hanoi, Vietnam, and even in Bangkok, Thailand, where a skyscraper under construction collapsed. This article explores the causes of the earthquake, the ...

The German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported that the earthquake struck regions around the ...