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Surface fault rupture of the 2005 Pakistan earthquake


Reconnaissance field investigation conducted by our international team revealed the outline of the 65-km-long surface fault rupture associated with Mw 7.6 earthquake in northern Pakistan on October 8, 2005. Among the historically known large earthquakes along the Indian-Eurasian collision zone and elsewhere in the world, this earthquake provided very rare opportunity to study extensive surface rupture of reverse-fault type. More detailed study on this rupture in March 2006 will make great contribution to the evaluation of future earthquakes from active faults of this type.

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Figure 1: Surface fault rupture associated with the 2005 Pakistan earthquake occurred along pre-existing active faults.

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Figure 2: Photographs of surface faulting.
A: Tilting of ground in the town of Balakot. B, C and D: 2-5.5 m high fault scarps across river beds.

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