{"id":1683,"date":"2026-04-07T02:26:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T02:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetwistzone.com\/?p=1683"},"modified":"2026-04-07T02:26:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T02:26:04","slug":"breaking-news-alert-powerful-7-7-magnitude-earthquake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetwistzone.com\/?p=1683","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS Alert: Powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-inner\">\n<div class=\"g1-content-narrow g1-typography-xl entry-content\">\n<p>The quake struck at 3:42 a.m. local time , with its epicenter in a mountainous area on the border between Myanmar and Yunnan Province, China , at a depth of approximately 10 kilometers, according to data from the<\/p>\n<p>United States Geological Survey (USGS). The quake was also strongly felt in the cities of Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai in Thailand, where mass evacuations were reported.<\/p>\n<p>Myanmar , the worst-hit country so far, has declared a state of emergency in several regions after reporting at least 48 deaths and more than 300 injuries , with dozens more missing. In the city of Lashio , buildings have completely collapsed, and rescue teams are working against the clock to find survivors in the rubble.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe heard a loud noise, and suddenly everything started shaking. The walls cracked, the ground moved like waves,\u201d said Myo Thant , a resident of the affected area, who managed to escape with his family before their home collapsed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"g1-row author-info\">\n<div class=\"g1-row-inner author-info-inner\">\n<div class=\"g1-column author-overview\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The quake struck at 3:42 a.m. local time , with its epicenter in a mountainous area on the border between Myanmar and Yunnan Province, China , at a depth of &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1684,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING NEWS Alert: Powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake - 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