Scientists stunned by unprecedented footage of Earth 'exploding' on either side of two tectonic plates during an earthquake in Myanmar

Horrifying images have emerged from the March earthquake in Myanmar, showing the ground literally sliding on either side of two tectonic plates.

The chilling video, originally posted on Facebook, was captured by a security camera south of Mandalay, Myanmar's second largest city, the Telegraph reports.

Initially, the video – filmed at 12:46 p.m. local time on March 28 – appears to be an ordinary view from a private property.

But about 10 seconds later, the viewpoint starts to shake up and down, plants crash rapidly, and the gate starts to slide back and forth.

Then, about 14 seconds later, the entire driveway begins to move forward relative to the ground beyond, like some kind of terrifying fairground ride.

Wendy Bohon, an earthquake geologist and science communicator in California, said her 'jaw dropped' when she saw the footage from along the fault line.

"We have computer models of it, we have laboratory models, but all of these are much less complex than the actual natural system. So to see it actually happening was amazing," she told CBS News.

John Vidale, a seismologist at Dornsife University in California, said he knows of no other video showing a so-called 'earthquake'.

"It's really worrying," Professor Vidale told Live Science.

The footage was captured by a security camera at GP Energy Myanmar's Tha Pyay Wa solar power plant, just south of Mandalay.

An account called 2025 Sagaing Earthquake Archive found the video on Facebook and uploaded it to their YouTube page.

Although not easily noticed, the 'surface rupture' event is best seen by keeping your eyes beyond the gate on the right of the photograph.

The separation of the entrance road and the road beyond is the fault line – the boundary where two tectonic plates meet.

When the 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck, the ground shifted up to 6 meters, according to the 2025 Sagaing Earthquake Archive.

This is the first and currently only known case of a fault line movement being captured on camera, the page says. /Telegraph/