1997 Manyi earthquake

November 1997 earthquake in Tibet, PR China 1997 Manyi earthquake November 8, 1997 18:02:53 CST 1997-11-08 10:02:53 1051405 usp0008a97 China Tibet 7.4 w y 15 km onEvidence of nonlinear elasticity of the crust from the Mw7.6 Manyi (Tibet) earthquake http://trs-new.jpl.nasa.gov/dspace/bitstream/2014/17968/1/99-1421.pdf G. Peltzer F. Crampe G. King 1999 Science 286 5438 272–276 10.1126/science.286.5438.272 10514367 2010-07-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20100529013902/http://trs-new.jpl.nasa.gov/dspace/bitstream/2014/17968/1/99-1421.pdf 2010-05-29 dead 35.069 N 87.325 E Strike-slip Tibetan Autonomous Region VII The 1997 Manyi earthquake (玛尼地震) occurred on November 8 at 10:02 UTC.Significant Earthquakes of the World https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/significant/sig_1997.php United States Geological Survey dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110607141145/http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/significant/sig_1997.php 2011-06-07 The epicenter was in Nagqu Prefecture in northern Tibet, China. The focal mechanism indicates a left-lateral strike-slip movement. This earthquake had a surface rupture of 17 km on long with up to 7 m on of left-lateral slip along the Manyi fault, a westward continuation of the Kunlun fault, offset about 100 km on to the south.Paleoseismology of the Xorxol segment of the central Altyn Tagh Fault, Xinjiang, China http://www.earth-prints.org/bitstream/2122/1001/1/1015_1034Wasburn.pdf Z. Washburn J. Ramon Arrosmith G. Dupont-Nivet W. Xiao Feng Z. Yu Qiao C. Zhengle 2003 Annals of Geophysics 46 5 1015–1034 Normally, the continental crust is about 35 km on thick, but it reaches 70 km on thick under the Tibetan Plateau. This earthquake ruptured up to 20 km on of the top part of the local continental crust.Rheology of the Lower Crust and upper mantle: Evidence from Rock Mechanics, Geodesy, and Field Observations http://topex.ucsd.edu/geodynamics/burgmann_dresen.08anrev.pdf R. Burgmann G. Dresen 2008 Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 36 546 10.1146/annurev.earth.36.031207.124326 2008AREPS..36..531B See also List of earthquakes in 1997 List of earthquakes in China References External links 1051405 Category:1997 earthquakes Category:1997 disasters in China 1997 Manyi Category:1990s in Tibet Category:Nagqu Category:November 1997 in China