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A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes a remote part of the Tibetan plateau. It has the longest known surface rupture recorded on land (~400 km) and is the best documented example of a supershear earthquake.
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2001 Kunlun earthquake
2001 earthquake in western China
An earthquake occurred in China on 14 November 2001 at 09:26 UTC, with an epicenter near Kokoxili, close to the border between Qinghai and Xinjiang in a remote mountainous region. With a magnitude of 7.8 Mw, it was the most powerful earthquake in China for 5 decades. No…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Tibetan Plateau
Plateau in Central, South and East Asia
The Tibetan Plateau, also known as the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau or Qingzang Plateau, is a vast elevated plateau located at the intersection of Central, South, and East Asia. Geographically, it is located to the north of Himalayas and the Indian subcontinent, and to the south of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Surface rupture
Offset at ground-level after earthquakes
In seismology, surface rupture is the visible offset of the ground surface when an earthquake rupture along a fault affects the Earth's surface. Surface rupture is opposed by buried rupture, where there is no displacement at ground level. This is a major risk to any structure…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Supershear earthquake
Earthquake in which the rupture propagation speeds are greater than the shear wave speed
In seismology, a supershear earthquake is when the propagation of the rupture along the fault surface occurs at speeds in excess of the seismic shear wave velocity. This causes an effect analogous to a sonic boom.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
November 14
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