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Table 4 Hypocenter parameters of the historical earthquakes

From: Insight into the 2017 Mainling Mw 6.5 earthquake: a complicated thrust event beneath the Namche Barwa syntaxis

Time

Magnitude

Epicenter location

Focal mechanism

Focal depth (km)

Slip distribution

Longitude (°E)

Latitude (°N)

Strike (°)

Dip (°)

Rake (°)

Length (km)

Width (km)

Slip (m)

References

1947

Mw 7.5

93.65

28.61

195

84

172

19

120.2

18.4

2.7

Li et al. (2014)

1950

Mw 8.4

96.76

28.38

303.2

63.92

164.15

11

250

80

35

Ben-Menahem et al. (1974) and Li et al. (2015)