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