The 7.7 Myanmar temblor raises questions about earthquake preparedness in Southeast Asia — and California. What can the rest ...

Bangkok has been officially declared a disaster area by the city governor. There were initial reports of widespread structural damage to high rise buildings and city infrastructure.

The magnitude 7.7 earthquake that struck Myanmar on Friday has killed more than 1,600 people and injured more than 3,400 and was felt as far as Thailand, Laos and southern China. The earthquake ...

Lessons from a disaster: Binod Tiwari, a geo-technical engineer from Cal State Fullerton, examines a building damaged by the April 25 earthquake in Nepal. Photo: Los Angeles Times/TNS/Molly ...

Trapped under rubble for 5 days after Myanmar’s quake, teacher Tin Maung Htwe survived using old-school lessons and urine before a rescue team freed him.

Earthquakes wreck economies and claim lives. India lost about $79.5 billion to climate disasters over twenty years. The Bhuj earthquake alone cost Gujarat $10 billion. The Nepal earthquake hit ...

Volunteers look for survivors near a building damaged in the magnitude 7.7 earthquake on March 28, 2025, in Naypyidaw, Myanmar. (Aung Shine Oo / Associated Press) ...

One of our readers, Loreann Villanueva, is a Bangkok earthquake survivor, so I asked her to share her experience and suggestions to help prepare Metro Manila for the Big One.

Sagaing (Myanmar) (AFP) – Entombed under his hotel bed for five days in the debris, two things enabled teacher Tin Maung Htwe to survive Myanmar's devastating earthquake: old school lessons and ...