Myanmar’s deadliest earthquake results in 500 km rupture and signs of a rare supershear break
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Yangon, July 9 The 7.7-magnitude Sagaing earthquake that struck central Myanmar on March 28, 2025, not only shook the Sagaing and Mandalay regions, but also caused damage along the Sagaing Fault for about 500 kilometers, a new study shows. The earthquake killed thousands of people, injured more than 11,000, and caused extensive damage to homes, roads, bridges, and infrastructure. Researchers believe the damage was caused by a fault that ruptured…
Myanmar’s deadliest earthquake results in 500 km rupture and signs of a rare supershear break
Myanmar’s March 28, 2025 earthquake did not just shake the ground around Mandalay, it ripped across the country on a scale that seismologists rarely get to study in such detail. The magnitude 7.7 quake killed thousands of people, injured more than 11,000, and damaged homes, roads, and critical infrastructure across a wide stretch of central Myanmar. Now a new analysis in Geodesy and Geodynamics shows that the destruction was tied to a long, shal…
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