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M6.0 Lumajangdong Lake
Earthquake, 2007 |
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Date: |
5
May 2007 |
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Epicentre: |
NNE of
Lumajangdong Lake, Xizang/Tibet |
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Time: |
08:51:43
UTC (16:51:43 CCT) |
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Latitude: |
34.285
N (PDE) |
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Longitude: |
81.903 E (PDE) |
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Depth: |
31.0 kms (PDE) |
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Magnitude: |
Mw
6.0 (HRV), 5.8 (PDE) |
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A
strong earthquake struck western parts
of the Tibetan Plateau, on 5 May
2007 at 16:51 PM local time. It had a magnitude of
Mw=6.0 and was felt in parts of the sparsely populated Ngari
region causing minor damage.
The earthquake was centred
29.7 kms NNE of Lumajangdong Co Lake (Xizang), China,
54 kms WNW of Duomula (Xizang), China,
84.2 kms NE of Zhainze (Xizang), China,
220 kms NE of Rutog (Xizang), China,
244 kms ESE of Tianshuihai (Jammu & Kashmir), India,
398 kms E of Leh (Jammu & Kashmir), India,
571 kms NE of Dehradun (Uttarakhand), India,
1012 kms NW of Lhasa (Xizang), China.
The earthquake was
felt in parts of the administrative
Ngari division of Xizang province. Chinese state media reported
that the worst hit were Aru & Songxi villages in Rutog County and
at Bare village in Gerze
County. Cracks also developed
in the walls of some residential apartments near the township
government headquarters of Dongru, administered by Rutog.
Several aftershocks were recorded within the first 24-hours of the
mainshock with at least seven events that were M4.0 or larger; the
largest was a M4.9 about 17-hours after the mainshock at 01:27 UTC
on 6 May 2007. |
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References
01)
National
Earthquake Information Centre (NEIC/PDE), Golden, USA.
02)
Harvard Centroid Moment Tensor Solution (HRV), Harvard, USA.
03) Macroseismic information has been compiled by
the ASC from reports by local media and local NGO personnel.
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