The first video captures the terrible moment that the ground broke apart during the earthquake in Myanmar

First broken error ever filmed: M7.9 Surface fracture near Thazi, Myanmar – YouTube

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A video that shows the ground that tears apart in a large earthquake in Myanmar in March can be the first of its kind.

The video If a break of the ground, the tore the earth's crust up to the surface during a large earthquake. The quake of size 7.7 on March 28th at 12:50 p.m. local time and was felt to Thailand. Almost 5,500 people died.

The video published by the Singapore engineer HTIN AUNG on Facebook comes from GP Energy Myanmars Thapyawa Solar Farm near the city of Thazi. The feed is on a concrete and metal gate that shines and open when the earth begins to move. About 14 seconds after the video, a tear opens over the entrance and the courtyard outside the gate, whereby the floor literally pulls apart.

“It's really worrying” John VidaleSeismologist at the University of Southern California Dornsife. Vidale told Live Science that he didn't know any other videos that showed such a break. Rick AsterA geophysicist at Colorado State University agreed.

“As far as I know, this is the best video that we have with an average breakdown of a very large earthquake,” Aster told Live Science.

The quake in Myanmar occurred at the Sagaing ferthment between Burma and Sunda tectonic plates, two small tectonic plates. This fault cuts in a straight line from north to south through central -Myanmar. It is a transformation debt, just like California's famous San Andreas, where the two plates move next to each other.

The epicenter of the quake in Myanmar, where the fault began, was located in the video near the city of Mandalay north of the location. This break then propagated both north and south and cracked the floor along the fault line.

“The actual segment of the earth that slips from one side to side [12 to 19 miles] Depths, “said Aster. The crust is still moving underneath, but the crust is more formable and deformed rather cracks.

The shaken for the first time in the video comes from the earthquake waves, which are cut out of the break crack, said Vidale. Then the break itself arrives.

Seismologists receive good measurements of such breaks from seismic stations that use GPS to quantify tiny movements of the crust. They also often make field research to find evidence of breaks after they have occurred, said Aster. “But we understand the dynamics of what happened, just how things move,” he said. The video could be useful for researchers who try to understand this unusual dynamic.

“I have no doubt that seismologists will be viewed very closely,” said Aster. “It will probably lead to a publication at some point if the place and other details can be explained.”

Live Science has contacted Aung and GP Energy Myanmar and updated this story with further details if available.

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