A major earthquake in Myanmar on Friday has caused more than 3,000 deaths and led to the collapse of numerous structures.

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It is this movement that causes earthquakes and volcanoes ... to accommodate all of this motion, faults - cracks in the rock - form which allow tectonic plates to "slither" sideways.

The world's highest mountain range - the Himalayas - is a testament to the power of plate tectonics ... slip faults, as they are known, do not generate the world's most powerful earthquakes.

Myanmar was struck by a massive 7.7-magnitude earthquake ... fault systems and ongoing seismic activity. Myanmar is situated at the convergence of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates.

The earthquake is what geologists call a 'slip-strike' tremor, triggered by two tectonic plates suddenly moving past one another. When the plates get stuck on each other in the fault region ...

The toll from Myanmar's earthquake continues ... out from the whole line of the fault,” he added. Myanmar lies on the boundary between two tectonic plates and is one of the world’s most ...

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Myanmar, situated on one of the world’s most active seismic belts, has been severely impacted by a 7.7 magnitude earthquake ... Myanmar's many fault lines and shifting tectonic plates have ...