Americans have long lived in fear of the 'Big One' - an earthquake so enormous it would devastate the West Coast. The harrowing images of Thailand and Myanmar on Friday morning after a 7.7 ...

The earthquake is the most powerful to hit Myanmar in a century. “The force that a quake like this releases is about 334 atomic bombs,” geologist Jess Phoenix told CNN.

Rescuers are desperately searching for survivors more than four days after a powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar, toppling buildings as far away as the Thai capital Bangkok and ...