You're watching the first surface fault rupture ever caught on video, recorded during the magnitude 7.9 earthquake near Thazi, Myanmar. Captured along the Sagaing Fault, the footage shows the ground ripping sideways, with visible displacement of roads and land in real time. But what causes this? Tectonic plates are constantly shifting, but they're not smooth. They lock against each other, storing stress over years, decades, even centuries. Eventually, that stress builds to a breaking point. When

all quakes that occurred around hayward fault zone from January 1 to September 22, 2025 GMT. The Hayward Fault Zone is a significant right-lateral strike-slip fault with the capacity to generate destructive earthquakes. Identified in the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake's Lawson Report, it's recognized for its role in the major 1868 earthquake. The fault extends approximately 119 km (74 miles) along the western base of the hills on the east side of San Francisco Bay, traversing densely populated ur