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Xianshuihe Fault
Strike-Slip Fault (Left-Lateral) · People's Republic of China
The Xianshuihe 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 940 km long in 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, 7 major earthquakes have occurred within 30 km of its trace.
- Type
- Strike-Slip Fault
- Sense of Slip
- Left-Lateral
- Mapped Length
- ≈ 940 km
- Slip Rate
- 10 mm per year
- 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.
- 20222022 Luding Earthquake · M 6.6118 deaths
- 1982Sichuan Province, Garze, People's Republic of China · M 5.510 deaths
- 19811981 Dawu Earthquake · M 6.8150 deaths
- 19731973 Luhuo Earthquake · M 7.6
- 1955Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China · M 7.539 deaths
- 1932Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China · M 6200 deaths
- 19041904 Sichuan Earthquake · M 6400 deaths
Sources: GEM Global Active Faults (Styron et Pagani, 2020), CC BY-SA 4.0, catalogue HimaTibetMap · NOAA NCEI · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Wikidata