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Altyn Tagh Fault
Strike-Slip Fault (Left-Lateral) · People's Republic of China
The Altyn Tagh Fault is a strike-slip fault, where the two blocks slide horizontally past each other, left-lateral (the opposite block moves to the left). Its mapped traces are about 1,380 km long in People's Republic of China. It lies within the Eurasian Plate, which deforms under the push of neighbouring plates. Since 1900, 1 major earthquake has occurred within 30 km of its trace.
- Type
- Strike-Slip Fault
- Sense of Slip
- Left-Lateral
- Mapped Length
- ≈ 1,380 km
- Countries
- People's Republic of China
- Plates
- Eurasian Plate
Major Earthquakes Within 30 km
Deadly or magnitude 7+ earthquakes recorded by NOAA, most recent first.
- 1924Xinjiang, People's Republic of China · M 7.3100 deaths
Sources: GEM Global Active Faults (Styron et Pagani, 2020), CC BY-SA 4.0, catalogue HimaTibetMap · NOAA NCEI · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Wikidata