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Study on Kunlunshan M8. 1 earthquake in 2001 and the trend of strong eqrthquakes

MEN Ke-pei   

  1. Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, Nanjing 210044, China
  • Received:2002-01-08 Revised:2002-02-06 Online:2002-07-31 Published:2021-12-21

Abstract: In this paper, the important significance of the 2001 Kunlunshan large earthquake with M= 8. 1, theorderly characteristics of the time and space of strong earthquake activity from 1996 to 2001 in western China and the correlation of strong events between western part of China's mainl and and Taiwan have been discussed. The trend of M≥ 7 events in future in Northern part of Qinghai-Xizang block has beenestimated by using the method of orderliness analysis.

Key words: Kunlunshan large earthquake with M= 8. 1, Migration regularity, Strong earth-quake Prediction, Orderliness, Qing hai-Xizang block

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