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Himalayas and Pacific Northwest could experience major earthquakes
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[quote:Rain-Man:MV8yMDgzMzM0XzM1MDc4ODc3XzIwRTlGMUVC] Seismic Hazard and Mitigation Activities in Nepal - with Emphasis on Kathmandu Valley B.N. Upreti and Masaru Yoshida http://saarc-sdmc.nic.in/pdf/Publications/Journal/journal%202009/1-journal_new.pdf [/quote]
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Himalayas and Pacific Northwest could experience major earthquakes, Stanford geophysicists say
Although Caldwell emphasized that his research focuses on imaging the fault, not on predicting earthquakes, he noted that the MHT has historically been responsible for a magnitude 8 to 9 earthquake every several hundred years.
"What we're observing doesn't bear on where we are in the earthquake cycle, but it has implications in predicting earthquake magnitude," Caldwell said. "From our imaging, the ramp location is a bit farther north than has been previously observed, which would create a larger rupture width and a larger magnitude earthquake."
"We think that the big thrust vault will probably rupture southward to the Earth's surface, but we don't expect significant rupture north of there," Klemperer said. The findings are important for creating risk assessments and disaster plans for the heavily populated cities in the region.
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