A catastrophic 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck without warning near the China–Myanmar border early this morning, leaving destruction across multiple countries and plunging millions into chaos. Within minutes, peaceful mountain towns became fields of rubble, roads split open like paper, and terrified families fled into the darkness with nothing but the clothes on their backs.

The quake, described by seismologists as “shallow and violent,” hit just after dawn, with its epicenter located less than 10 kilometers beneath the surface — shallow enough to unleash massive damage across the region. Continues…