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The Ganzi-Yushu-Xianshuihe Fault Zone (GYXFZ) is a typical active strike-slip fault that has triggered many large historic earthquakes, including the 2010 M w 6.9 Yushu earthquake in the central Tibetan Plateau. This fault zone extends for ca. 800km from the central Tibetan Plateau to its southeastern margin and varies in trend from WNW-ESE in the northwestern segment of the fault zone to...
The magnitude (M W ) 6.9 (M s 7.1) Yushu earthquake occurred on 14 April 2010 in the Yushu area, central Tibetan Plateau, causing widespread damage in high mountain regions. Field investigations reveal that the earthquake produced a 33-km-long surface rupture zone, with dominantly left-lateral strike-slip along the Yushu Fault of the pre-existing strike-slip Ganzi-Yushu Fault Zone...
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