Even parts of New England and Texas have been struck ... Subduction zones produce the world's largest earthquakes. These quakes occur when friction between the two plates causes them to become ...

The Foreign Office said the package is to support the humanitarian response ‘in the hardest hit areas of the earthquake’.

They remained in the streets, seeking shade from the midday sun in the minutes after the earthquake. Paul Vincent, who is visiting Thailand from England ... Myanmar’s largest city with around ...

The earthquake has killed more than 1,700 people in Myanmar and Thailand while leaving at least 2,300 injured - the death toll is expected to rise further as rescuers continue to search the rubble ...

Earthquakes strike when tectonic plates, the large rocks making up the Earth’s crust, rub against each other. The USGS says ...

As the search for survivors stretches into a second night, friends and family wait anxiously for any news of their loved ones ...