Asia woke up to devastation before dawn, shaken by one of the strongest earthquakes the region has seen in years. At 3:42 a.m. local time, a massive 7.7-magnitude quake tore through the border region between China’s Yunnan Province and northern Myanmar, its impact spreading far beyond the mountains where it began. Within minutes, entire neighborhoods were reduced to rubble, communication lines went silent, and millions were jolted out of sleep into panic. The U.S. Geological Survey confirmed that the quake hit at a shallow depth—barely 10 kilometers beneath the surface—making the impact far more destructive. Residents described the ground heaving...
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