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What caused the powerful Myanmar and Thailand earthquake?

Motorists ride past a damaged building after a strong earthquake struck central Myanmar, in Mandalay, Myanmar, on March 28, 2025 [Stringer/Reuters]

Myanmar has been hit by a magnitude 7.7 earthquake, which also affected neighbouring Thailand, its tremors felt as far afield as Cambodia and India.

Much of the devastation caused by Friday’s quake appeared to be in Myanmar’s ancient capital of Mandalay, close to the epicentre in the Sagaing region, where buildings toppled and infrastructure buckled. More than 140 people were killed in the country, according to state media.

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