A Shallow and Left‐Lateral Rupture Event of the 2021 Mw 5.3 Baicheng Earthquake: Implications for the Diffuse Deformation of Southern Tianshan

Abstract On 24 March 2021, an Mw 5.3 earthquake struck northwest Baicheng, located in the Kuqa fold‐and‐thrust belt (FTB), northwest China. In the current study, interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) data were used to investigate the associated fault rupture solution (dip, dip direction,...

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Main Authors: Yuan Yao, Shaoyan Wen, Liao Yang, Chuanyong Wu, Xiaolin Sun, Lili Wang, Zhibin Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2022-03-01
Series:Earth and Space Science
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2021EA001995