In the early hours of Monday morning, while most of the region slept, the ground itself became the warning. At 3:42 a.m., a powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake ripped through parts of Southeast Asia, jolting communities awake with violent force and leaving devastation that continues to unfold hour by hour.
The quake struck near the border between Myanmar and China, with its epicenter located in Yunnan Province. According to the United States Geological Survey, the earthquake originated at a shallow depth of roughly 10 kilometers, a factor that significantly amplified its destructive power at the surface. Continue reading…
