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A
major
(M7.0-M7.9
range termed as "major")
earthquake struck the
Kunlun-shan Mountains along the border of the provinces of Xizang
(Tibet) and Xinjiang in western China, on
21 March 2008 at 06:50 AM local time. It had a magnitude of
Mw=7.2 and caused some damage in the region but
no casualties.
This earthquake was centred
20 kms SSE of
Togatax (Xinjiang), China,
62 kms N of Lazhuglung (Xizang), China,
87 kms S of Pulu (Xinjiang), China,
165 kms E of Tianshuihui (Jammu & Kashmir), India,
174 kms NW of Doumula (Xizang), China,
191 kms ESE of Hajji Langar (Jammu & Kashmir), India,
373 kms ENE of Leh (Jammu & Kashmir), India,
656 kms ESE of Kashi/Kashgar (Xinjiang), China,
1070 kms SW of Urumqi (Xinjiang), China,
1118 kms NW of Lhasa (Xizang), China.
If you felt this
earthquake please take the time to fill out a
felt report questionnaire.
At
least 2,200 houses were either damaged or destroyed in Lop, Qila
and Yutian counties in Xinjiang. At
least four houses collapsed and others were damaged at Pulu
village in Yutian County, Xinjiang; at least 144 families were
moved to safer accommodation. The local elementary school was also
closed. In total, 44,000 people were affected in some manner by
this earthquake in the immediate region of the epicentre. The earthquake was also felt strongly at Aqqan and Baoshan.
This is one of
the largest earthquakes in this
immediate region since a Mw=6.9 earthquake
in the Chip-Chap River Valley in the
adjacent Aksai Chin region of Jammu &
Kashmir, India in November 1996.
This is also the largest earthquake in western China, in
particular in the region of the Tibetan plateau since 2001. On 14
November 2001, the Mw=7.8 Kokoxili earthquake occurred on the
Kunlun Fault in the northern Tibetan plateau causing some damage
to temporary buildings including to a few structures on the
Qinghai-Tibet Railway. Prior to this earthquake, the Mw=7.6 Manyi earthquake struck the region to the west of the 2001
earthquake. Neither of these earthquakes resulted in any casualties.
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References
01) National Earthquake Information
Centre (NEIC), 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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