The Valdivian Earthquake, or the Great Chilean Earthquake, is the largest on record. It measured in at a magnitude of 9.5. off the coast of Chile near Valdivia and Puerto Montt area.

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

A devastating magnitude 7.7 earthquake, followed by powerful aftershocks, struck war-torn Myanmar on Friday—marking one of the country’s strongest quakes in more than a century. Its epicenter was near Myanmar’s second largest city of Mandalay and the neighboring Sagaing in the central part of the country.

Rescuers are desperately searching for survivors more than three days after a powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar, toppling buildings as far away as the Thai capital Bangkok and sending tremors through nearby Chinese provinces.

Signs of life were detected in the ruins of a skyscraper in Bangkok on Monday as efforts intensified to find people trapped three days after a massive earthquake in Southeast Asia that killed at least 2,

A unilateral partial ceasefire to facilitate earthquake relief efforts was announced on Saturday by Myanmar’s shadow National Unity Government, which coordinates the popular struggle against the ruling military.