Watch an earthquake split a hillside in two

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​ First-of-its-kind footage from the devastating magnitude 7.7 earthquake in Myanmar in March 2025 shows a hillside cracking in two, its pieces sliding past one another like a conveyor belt.

The rupture was captured coincidentally on a driveway CCTV camera. Geologists at Kyoto University quickly realized the footage was actually the world’s first direct visual evidence of plate tectonics splitting land apart.

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FOOTAGE CREDIT: JESSE KEARSE AND YOSHIHIRO KANEKO

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