The shocking video of the Myanmar earthquake has been exposed, showing the violent shaking in an instant and the ground sliding apart, sending chills down the spine!
Recently, a stunning video capturing the ground cracking during the March earthquake in Myanmar has sparked heated discussions online. Some netizens and experts believe that this might be the first clear footage capturing a large-scale ground crack.
Many netizens commented, “This is not a movie effect, the earthquake is terrifying,” “God bless Myanmar, may peace and safety prevail.”
The video shows large-scale cracks on the ground, the crust torn open to the surface. The 7.7 magnitude earthquake occurred on March 28 at 12:50 PM, with tremors felt as far as Thailand, resulting in approximately 5,500 deaths; for many, the memory of this horrific disaster is still fresh.
According to a Facebook post shared by a netizen Htin Aung on May 11, the CCTV footage was taken at the Thapyawa Solar Farm of GP Energy Myanmar located near Thazi. In the footage, as the earthquake caused violent shaking, a metal gate began to slide open. About 14 seconds later, cracks appeared on the driveway, the ground behind the gate suddenly slid and cracked, dust and sand flying, some equipment or structures visibly shifted, and the ground seemed to tear apart in an instant.
This earthquake occurred on the Sagaing Fault in Myanmar, which traverses central Myanmar in a north-south line, connecting the Burma Plate and the Sunda Plate tectonic plates.
The epicenter of the quake was located north of the video, near Mandalay City. After the fault ruptured, the cracks extended in the north-south directions, continuously expanding along the fault line.
John Vidale, a seismologist at the University of Southern California, stated: “The fault slip triggered by the earthquake extends from the surface to depths of 20 to 30 kilometers, and while deep crust is still moving, it usually deforms rather than continues to crack.”
The initial shaking in the video was caused by seismic waves spreading from the crack, followed by the rupture of the crack itself.
