In the early hours before dawn, while most of Asia still slept under a quiet sky, the earth erupted with a force no one expected. A powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck near the China–Myanmar border, shattering the morning calm and turning peaceful towns into scenes of destruction within minutes. Experts described it as one of the strongest quakes to hit the area in decades, a stark reminder of how powerless humans are when the ground beneath them moves. Residents awoke to a deep rumble that rapidly escalated into a deafening roar. Walls cracked, lights flickered, and moments later, buildings began collapsing....
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