2015 Pishan earthquake

Earthquake in western China 2015 Pishan earthquake 2015-07-03 01:07:47 us10002n4w 611459998 M 6.4 - 97km SE of Yilkiqi, China - intensity.jpg China Xinjiang Southern July 3, 2015 09:07 6.4 w y 20.0 km mi on 37.459 78.154 inline, title China VII 3 dead 71 injured A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck in Pishan County, Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang, China 95 km on southeast of Yilkiqi (ug يىلقىچى يېزىسى / zh-hans 依力克其乡), on July 3 at a depth of 20.0 km on.M6.4 – 95 km SE of Yilkiqi, China https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us10002n4w#general_summary United States Geological Survey July 3, 2015 July 3, 2015 The earthquake killed at least 3 people and wounded 71.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-quake-idUSKCN0PD04G20150703 Earthquake killed 3 people in China Reuters July 3, 2015 July 3, 2015http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-07/03/c_134380654.htm 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 Xinhua News Agency 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. 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.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 See also List of earthquakes in 2015 List of earthquakes in China References External links Deadly earthquake China on Earthquake Report Website 611459998 Pishan Pishan earthquake Pishan 2015 Pishan earthquake Category:Buried rupture earthquakes