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November 1997 earthquake in Tibet, PR China
The 1997 Manyi earthquake (
Kunlun fault, offset about 100 km (62 mi) to the south.
[3] Normally, the
continental crust is about 35 km (22 mi) thick, but it reaches 70 km (43 mi) thick under the Tibetan Plateau. This earthquake ruptured up to 20 km (12 mi) of the top part of the local continental crust.
[4] See also References
(PDF) on 2010-05-29, retrieved 2010-07-13 ^ USGS, Significant Earthquakes of the World United States Geological Survey , archived from the original on 2011-06-07 ^ Washburn, Z.; Arrosmith, J. Ramon; Dupont-Nivet, G.; Xiao Feng, W.; Yu Qiao, Z.; Zhengle, C. (2003), "Paleoseismology of the Xorxol segment of the central Altyn Tagh Fault, Xinjiang, China" (PDF) , Annals of Geophysics , 46 (5): 1015–1034
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