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The epicenter was located near the rugged border region between China’s Yunnan province and northern Myanmar, an area known for its complex fault lines.

Residents described the initial tremor as a violent rolling motion that lasted nearly a minute. “It felt like the ground was breathing,” said one man from Tengchong, China. “Everything in my apartment started falling — glass, books, even the TV. We ran outside without shoes.”

In nearby towns across Myanmar’s Shan State, villagers told reporters the shaking was so strong that livestock panicked and entire sections of old brick homes collapsed. “The noise was like thunder under the ground,” one witness said. “Then the lights went out.”

Seismic waves from the quake were felt as far away as Bangkok, Hanoi, and Kunming, where tall