According to a separate group’s paper published in the same journal, the southern portion of the rupture occurred at an ...

On March 28, Myanmar was rocked by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake that claimed over 5,000 lives and caused damage even in ...

Seismologists reveal that the March 28, 2025, Myanmar earthquake likely moved at 'supershear' velocity, which is analogous to ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) The 2025 Myanmar earthquake (Mw 7.7) displayed atypical rupture behavior, with seismic data indicating a supershear 'boomerang' rupture that reversed direction ...

"Originating along the Sagaing Fault, a 1,400-km-long [870-mile] dextral strike-slip boundary separating the Burma Microplate and Sunda Plate, the earthquake propagated a supershear rupture over ...

Occurring at a shallow depth of just 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) and propagating over 460 kilometers, this supershear quake ruptured the surface and displaced some areas by more than 6 meters (20 feet).

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 ...

Researchers at University of Tsukuba analyzed the source process of a significant earthquake that occurred in Myanmar in March 2025 using a novel approach, the potency density tensor inversion method.

On March 28, 2025, a major earthquake with a moment magnitude (Mw) of 7.7 struck Mandalay, central Myanmar (referred to as the 2025 Myanmar earthquake). ... indicating supershear rupture. ...