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3 things to know about the deadly Myanmar earthquake

The Sagaing Fault region has a long history of devastating earthquakes

A photo of a building in Bangkok crumbled by a magnitude 7.7 earthquake in Malaysia on March 28, 2025. Onlookers stand in the shadow of the large gray concrete slabs from the crushed building.

A magnitude 7.7 earthquake that struck March 28 in neighboring Myanmar turned this building in Bangkok, Thailand, into a mountain of collapsed concrete and twisted rubble, and a gargantuan task for rescue workers.

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By Carolyn Gramling

A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake rocked central Myanmar on March 28 at about 12:50 p.m.