Co-seismic strike-slip and rupture length produced by the 2001 Ms 8.1 Central Kunlun earthquake.

A, Lin; B, Fu; J, Guo; Q, Zeng; G, Dang; W, He; Y, Zhao

doi:10.1126/science.1070879

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Co-seismic strike-slip and rupture length produced by the 2001 Ms 8.1 Central Kunlun earthquake.

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Authors:

Lin A

Fu B

Guo J

Abstract

Field investigations show that the surface wave magnitude (Ms) 8.1 Central Kunlun earthquake (Tibetan plateau) of 14 November 2001 produced a nearly 400-kilometer-long surface rupture zone, with as much as 16.3 meters of left-lateral strike-slip along the active Kunlun fault in northern Tibet. The r...

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