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![Active fault distribution of and near the Ashikule basin, northwest Tibet, and surface failure traces of the 2014 Mw 7.0 Yutian, Xinjiang, earthquake (Li et al., 2014). The surface failure traces of the earthquake, surveyed by G. Zhang et al. (2014), are composed of four segments, which are labeled SF1, SF2, SF3, and SF4, respectively. The epicenter, relocated at three different locations (focal mechanism plots) by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC), and Global Centroid Moment Tensor (CMT), is relocated at the southwestern end of SF1 as depicted by a star. An Mw 5.3 foreshock (smaller focal mechanism plot) is located southwest of the epicenter of the mainshock, and aftershocks (dots) are distributed close to the fault ends. A north–south striking seismicity zone was discovered nearby the mainshock by Song et al. (2015) as denoted by a dashed line. (Top left inset) Location of the region illustrated in the bottom right inset (rectangle). The arrow indicates the direction of the plate motion of the Indian plate relative to the Eurasian plate (DeMets et al., 2010). (Bottom right inset) Active faults in north Tibet and earthquakes greater than M 6.0 after 2008. The Tianshuihai block is in between Tarim basin and Tibetan plateau, and there the following active faults are distributed (Li et al., 2008): NXF, north Xiaoerkule fault; XAF, Xiaoerkule–Ashikule fault; SXF, south Xiaoerkule fault; PDS, Pingdingshan fault; KLY, Kuliya fault; GGC, Gonggacuo fault; ATF, Altyn Tagh fault. The 2008 Ms 7.3 earthquake, 2012 Mw 6.2 earthquake, 2014 Mw 5.3 foreshock and mainshock are indicated by focal mechanism plots, respectively. The rectangle delineates the study region.The color version of this figure is available only in the electronic edition.]()
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Journal Article
Stepover Rupture of the 2014 M w 7.0 Yutian, Xinjiang, Earthquake Available to Purchase
Publisher: Seismological Society of America
Published: 03 January 2017
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (2017) 107 (2): 581–591.
..., together, show that that the earthquake first bilaterally ruptures the northwestward‐dipping south Xiaoerkule fault and then steps over to another parallel Xiaoerkule–Ashikule fault. The fault stepover acts as a geometrical barrier during the rupture propagation. The rupture at the fault stepover bursts...
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Published: 03 January 2017
in north Tibet and earthquakes greater than M 6.0 after 2008. The Tianshuihai block is in between Tarim basin and Tibetan plateau, and there the following active faults are distributed ( Li et al. , 2008 ): NXF, north Xiaoerkule fault; XAF, Xiaoerkule–Ashikule fault; SXF, south Xiaoerkule fault; PDS
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Seismicity around Late Quaternary Active Faults in China Available to Purchase
Publisher: Seismological Society of America
Published: 02 July 2019
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (2019) 109 (4): 1498–1523.
... 1924, 7¼ (0, 0.307]; (0, 0.307] 1984, 4.8, 0.2 7.3 5.26 5.27 ∼ 300 Working Group on the Altun Active Fault Zone (1991) 54 Eastern Xiaoerkule‐Kuyake 100 ∼ 16 LL 1924, 7¼ (0, 0.307]; (0, 0.307] — 7.3 5.29 5.25 ∼ 300 Working Group on the Altun Active Fault...
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