2015 Pishan earthquake explained
| 2015 Pishan earthquake |
| Timestamp: | 2015-07-03 01:07:47 |
| Anss-Url: | us10002n4w |
| Isc-Event: | 611459998 |
| Local-Date: | July 3, 2015 |
| Local-Time: | 09:07 |
| Magnitude: | 6.4 |
| Depth: | 20km (10miles) |
| Location: | 37.459°N 78.154°W |
| Affected: | China |
| Casualties: | 3 dead
71 injured |
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck in Pishan County, Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang, China 95km (59miles) southeast of Yilkiqi (Uighur; Uyghur: [[:ug:يىلقىچى يېزىسى|يىلقىچى يېزىسى]] / Chinese: [[:zh:依力克其乡|依力克其乡]]), on July 3 at a depth of 20km (10miles).[1] The earthquake killed at least 3 people and wounded 71.[2] [3]
Earthquake
The earthquake occurred on a blind thrust fault that ruptured but did not reach the surface. Instead, the earthquake rupture ceased some 3–7 km beneath the surface.[4]
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Notes and References
- Web site: M6.4 - 95km SE of Yilkiqi, China. United States Geological Survey. July 3, 2015. July 3, 2015.
- Web site: Earthquake killed 3 people in China. Reuters. July 3, 2015. July 3, 2015.
- Web site: Xinjiang earthquake kills 3, injures 71 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150706003606/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-07/03/c_134380654.htm. 6 July 2015. ying. . 4 July 2015. Three people were killed and 71 others injured in a 6.5-magnitude earthquake that struck northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Friday morning..
- Guohong . Zhang. Xinjian. Shan. Yingfeng. Zhang. Eric. Hetland. Chunyan. Qu. Guangcai. Feng . Blind thrust rupture of the 2015 Mw 6.4 Pishan earthquake in the Northwest Tibetan Plateau by joint inversion of InSAR and seismic data . Journal of Asian Earth Sciences . 2016 . 132 . 118-128 . 10.1016/j.jseaes.2016.10.005 . 2016JAESc.132..118Z . 1367-9120. free .
