The 2013 Balochistan earthquake: An extraordinary or completely ordinary event?

The 2013 Balochistan earthquake, a predominantly strike-slip event, occurred on the arcuate Hoshab fault in the eastern Makran linking an area of mainly left-lateral shear in the east to one of shortening in the west. The difficulty of reconciling predominantly strike-slip motion with this shortenin...

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Main Authors: Zhou, Y, Elliott, JR, Parsons, B, Walker, RT
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: American Geophysical Union 2015