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PRELIMINARY STUDY ON SEISMOGENIC TECTONIC BACKGROUND OF KUNLUN M_S=8.1 EARTHQUAKE ON NOV.14, 2001 ON THE JUNCTURE OF XINJIANG AND QINGHAI, CHINA

Ruibin Zhao

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On Nov.14, 2001, a M\-S=8.1 earthquake occurred on the western segment of East Kunlun fault, the boundary of Xinjiang and Qinhai. The East Kunlun fault is a huge boundary fault between two blocks. It has the sinistral shearing due to the eastward escaping of the northeastern part of the Tibetan Plateau, which is a famous strong earthquake belt in north Tibetan Plateau. The M\-S=8.1 quake was centered in the conjunction of the NWW-trending East Kunlun fault and a NEE-trending secondary fault. The rupture is mono-propagating from the west to the east.

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Key concepts: Geology, Seismology, Sinistral and dextral, Plateau (mathematics), Tectonics, Quake (natural phenomenon), Intraplate earthquake, Fault (geology)