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Date:	2015-07-28 18:03:33
Blog:	Paleoseismicity
URL:	http://paleoseismicity.org/guest-blog-by-yu-zhou-oxford-the-2013-mw-7-7-balochistan-earthquake-in-pakistan-not-so-unusual/

Summary:

In 2013, a MW7.7 earthquake struck Balochistan, caused a huge surface offset and triggered a small tsunami in the Arabian Sea. Immediately, the apparently strange fault behaviour caused the attention of scientists world wide and a number of papers were published. The discussion is highly interesting and still ongoing. This an interesting case for paleoseismologists, too, not only because of the cascading earthquake effects, but also because of the surface rupture distribution, from which we might learn some important lessons

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Geographic context:

Location	Country	Latitude	Longitude
Oxford	GB	51.752	-1.2343
Balochistan	PK	28.4764	65.6824
Arabian Sea		16.2757	55.5671

Keywords:

apparently strange fault, Arabian Sea, Balochistan earthquake, cascading earthquake effects, Earthquake, Guest blog, huge surface, important lessons, interesting case, MW7.7 earthquake, scientists world, small tsunami, surface rupture distribution, Yu Zhou