What caused the Meanmar earthquake

A major earthquake in Myanmar on Friday killed more than 1,600 deaths and collapsed several components.

Although the Southeast Asian nation is a dangerous area for earthquakes, Thailand and China are not neighbors, which have also been affected by the earthquake.

Thailand’s capital, Bangkok, sits more than 1,000 km (621 miles) from Friday’s epicenter, and has cut an unfinished high building in the city.

Here we will explain what caused the earthquake, and how it was able to have such a strong effect that it was so far.

What caused the earthquake?

The upper layer of the Earth is divided into different parts, called tectonic plates, all of which are constantly moving. Some move side by side, while others are above and below each other.

It is this movement that causes earthquakes and volcanoes.

Myanmar is considered one of the world’s “most active” regions in the world, as it sits above four of these technical plates – Eurasia Plate, Indian plate, Sunda plate and Burma Microplate.

The Himalayas were formed by a collision of Indian plate with the Eurasia plate, and in 2004 as a result of the move of the Indian plate under the Burma micropolits.

Dr. Rebecca Bell, a reader at the Techtonix at the College of Imperial London, said that to stabilize all this movement, mistakes – cracks in the rock – a form that allows tektone plates “skin” aside.

There is a major mistake called the error of the dog, which travels from Myanmar to the south and is more than 1,200 km (746 miles).

Preliminary data show that the movement that caused the 7.7 earthquake struck “Strike-Slip” – which moves two blocks horizontally across each other.

This is parallel to the movement of dog mistakes.

As plates pass by each other, they can get stuck, form a stick until it suddenly becomes free and the Earth changes, which causes earthquakes.

Why was an earthquake that was so far away?

Earthquakes can occur up to 700 km (435 miles) underground. This was only 10 km on the ground, which made it very deep. This increases the amount of vibration on the surface of the Earth.

The quake was also very large – 7.7 on the measles of the moment. According to US geological statistics, it has produced more energy than the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

Dr. Bell said the quake was caused by a fault.

“The right nature (wrong) means that an earthquake can break over the big surfaces – and the larger the surface of the mistake, the bigger earthquake will become larger,” he said.

“In the last century, six major earthquakes have occurred in the area.

This correct mistake means that much of the energy can be transmitted throughout the length – which extends to 1,200 kilometers south to Thailand.

How to feel an earthquake is also determined by the soil type.

In soft soil – which is that Bangkok is made on it – earthquake waves (in the trembling of the earth) slow down and accumulate, the size is larger.

Therefore, the geology of Bangkok would intensify the land.

Why did only one of the naked sky collapse in Bangkok?

While a dramatic video shows high buildings in Bangkok vibration during the earthquake, they kill water in the roof pools – unfinished headquarters for the public audit office of Chatwak in the office of the public monitoring office is the only naked sky that collapses.

According to Dr. Christian Malaga-Cokitape, a senior teacher at the Imperial College of Imperial Engineering, Bengok was not a comprehensive safety standard for building buildings to endure earthquakes.

This means that the old buildings were particularly weak.

This is not unusual, because earthquake defense buildings can be more expensive to build and Thailand, unlike Myanmar, often not exposed to an earthquake.

Dr. Emili So, a professor of architectural engineering at the University of Cambridge, said the old buildings could and have been strengthened, such as in California, west Canada and New Zealand.

While there are rules in 43 provinces on the earthquake buildings, less than 10 percent of the buildings are estimated to be immune to earthquakes.

But the new building was new – in fact, it was still in the construction phase when the earthquake hit – and the renewal standards of the building were implemented.

Dr. Pemarnmas said the soft soil of Bangkok may have also participated in the collapse because it could make the Earth’s movement three or four times larger.

“But there are other hypotheses such as the quality of matter (concrete and reinforcement) and some irregularities in the structural system.

Dr. Malaga-Chukuitape, who studied the video, said it seems that the construction process “black boards” appears to be in the interest of an earthquake-hit areas.

“The boarding system is a way to build buildings that are built to rest directly on the columns, without using the rays,” he said.

“A imaginary imaginary that only the legs support, without any extra horizontal support underneath.

“While this design has benefits and architecture, it acts badly during an earthquake, often broken and suddenly fails.

What about the Myanmar buildings?

Mandala in Myanmar was much closer to the place where the land slipped, and in Bangkok, he was significantly trembling.

Although Myanmar is constantly affected by an earthquake, Dr. Yan Watkinson, a professor of Earth science at Royal Hollow University, believed that many buildings were likely to be built to surface.

“Public poverty, major political upheavals, alongside other disasters – for example, the Indian Ocean in 2004 – the country is busy focusing on the unexpected threats of earthquakes,” he said.

“This means that in many cases the building code is not implemented, and construction occurs in areas where they can be threatened with earthquakes, for example, floods and high edges.

Part of Mandala and its buildings have also fallen throughout the floods of the Ayrod River. This makes them very weak against a process called liquefaction.

This occurs when the soil is high in water, and the trembling causes the steel to lose strength and act like a liquid. This increases the risks of land trembling and the collapse of construction, because the earth can no longer raise them.

The doctor warned so much that there was “always chance” to further damage buildings near the wrong line due to retreat – an earthquake that could be near rocks by sudden energy transportation.

“Most of the time, waste is smaller than the main shock, and they tend to reduce sizes and free-class over time,” he said.