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The earthquake occurred as a result of shallow (10 km depth) strike-slip faulting at the northeastern Tibetan Plateau. It ruptured a fault located near the Qilian Mountains. The geological structure responsible was the Lenglongling Fault, a segment of the Haiyuan Fault System.
The earthquake occurred on the Yushu fault, [14] about 300 kilometres (186 mi) south of the Kunlun fault. [3] The Yushu fault forms part of the Yushu-Garzê-Xianshuihe fault zone ( 玉树-甘孜-鲜水河断裂带 ), [ 15 ] one of the most active fault zones in eastern Tibet. [ 16 ]
In the region of the April 13 earthquake the Tibetan Plateau is extending and translating east-southeastward within a larger zone of generally north–south convergence. [3] Based on the location, depth, and moment tensor of the event, the Qinghai Province earthquake likely reflects the interplay amongst these major tectonic forces, dominated ...
The magnitude of this earthquake has been calculated from observations of surface rupture and estimates of co-seismic (during the earthquake) slip. A total of about 100 km of rupture have been mapped on the Dangjiang fault segment. A maximum left-lateral offset of 3.3 m has been measured and an average offset of 2.2 m.
The death toll from China’s most powerful earthquake in years has risen to 149, with two people still missing after the tremor hit northwestern parts of the country last week. The 6.2-magnitude ...
Before those four earthquakes, a 4.1 magnitude temblor hit the same area in the middle of the night on Tuesday, at 12:13 a.m., according to Southern California Earthquake Data Center.
Following destructive earthquakes in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, real estate developers, press, and boosters minimized and downplayed the risk of earthquakes out of fear that the ongoing economic boom would be negatively affected. [3] [4] California earthquakes (1769–2000)
A 7.0 magnitude earthquake was reported off the coast of Northern California on Thursday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The epicenter of the "strong" quake was off the coast ...