The 6.9 magnitude Loma Prieta earthquake near San Francisco in 1989 caused about $6.8 billion in damage and 63 deaths. J.K. Nakata/U.S. Geological Survey ...

But multiple areas in California and Oregon, two of the most earthquake-prone states in the ... In 1868, this fault produced a magnitude 6.8 that wrought devastation across the San Francisco ...

The depth of the earthquake was recorded at about 6.8 miles (or 10.6 km). The earthquake was later downgraded to a 2.9 magnitude, according to USGS.

This is where the Indian tectonic plate, to the west, meets the Sunda plate that forms much of Southeast Asia — a fault similar in scale and movement to the San Andreas Fault in California ... There ...

Earthquakes and the damage they cause are apolitical. Collectively, we either prepare for future earthquakes or the population eventually pays the price. The earthquakes that struck Myanmar on ...

She is a member and current chair of the federal Advisory Committee for Earthquake Hazard Reduction (ACEHR). Her contributions to this article reflect her professional expertise and do not reflect ...

Dr Rebecca Bell, a tectonics expert at Imperial College London, compared the Saigang Fault to the San Andreas Fault in California, which caused the 1994 Northridge ... Sagaing has reported several ...

There have been more than 14 earthquakes with a magnitude of 6 or above in the past century, including a magnitude 6.8 earthquake near Mandalay in 1956, said Brian Baptie, a seismologist with the ...

The end-result is stark: 6.8 million acres of fire hazard zones running up and down California. "The sheer number of more cities and areas that are now being designated in a fire hazard severity ...

Earthquakes are relatively common in Myanmar. A powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake in the ancient capital Bagan in central Myanmar killed three people in 2016, also toppling spires and crumbling ...

The country lies on the boundary between two tectonic plates and is one of the world's most seismically active places, although large and destructive earthquakes ... with a 6.8-magnitude event ...

according to AFP Earthquake today LIVE: Sagaing has been hit by several quakes in recent years, with a 6.8 magnitude event causing at least 26 deaths and dozens of injuries in late 2012.