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SUBMITTER: Bai L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6594763 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bai Ling L Klemperer Simon L SL Mori James J Karplus Marianne S MS Ding Lin L Liu Hongbing H Li Guohui G Song Bowen B Dhakal Sanjev S
Science advances 20190626 6
The Himalaya orogenic belt produces frequent large earthquakes that affect population centers along a length of over 2500 km. The 2015 Gorkha, Nepal earthquake (<i>M</i> <sub>w</sub> 7.8) ruptured the Main Himalayan Thrust (MHT) and allows direct measurements of the behavior of the continental collision zone. We study the MHT using seismic waveforms recorded by local stations that completely cover the aftershock zone. The MHT exhibits clear lateral variation along geologic strike, with the Lesse ...[more]