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The first studies of the 28 March 2025 magnitude 7.8 Myanmar earthquake suggest that the southern portion of its rupture occurred at supershear velocity, reaching speeds of 5 to 6 kilometers per ...
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A new report studied a massive earthquake that ruptured in the southeast Asian country of Myanmar on March 28 — on a fault known for being eerily similar to California’s notorious San Andreas fault.
The southern part of the earthquake’s rupture moved at speeds of over 3 miles (4.8 kilometers) per second. Reading time 3 minutes On March 28, Myanmar was rocked by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake that ...
Overview of the Marmara region, with the urban area of the Istanbul metropolis (red contour) and the Main Marmara Fault (red line). The orange circles represent the earthquakes for which directivity ...
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