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Talas-Fergana Fault
Strike-Slip Fault (Right-Lateral) · Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, People's Republic of China
The Talas-Fergana Fault is a strike-slip fault, where the two blocks slide horizontally past each other, right-lateral (the opposite block moves to the right). Its mapped traces are about 920 km long in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and People's Republic of China. It lies within the Eurasian Plate, which deforms under the push of neighbouring plates. Its slip rate is estimated at 10 mm per year. Since 1900, 1 major earthquake has occurred within 30 km of its trace.
- Type
- Strike-Slip Fault
- Sense of Slip
- Right-Lateral
- Mapped Length
- ≈ 920 km
- Slip Rate
- 10 mm per year
- Countries
- Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, People's Republic of China
- Plates
- Eurasian Plate
Major Earthquakes Within 30 km
Deadly or magnitude 7+ earthquakes recorded by NOAA, most recent first.
- 19461946 Chatkal Earthquake · M 7.6
Sources: GEM Global Active Faults (Styron et Pagani, 2020), CC BY-SA 4.0, catalogue HimaTibetMap · NOAA NCEI · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Wikidata