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Date:	2016-05-23 23:36:46
Blog:	paleoseismicity.org
URL:	http://paleoseismicity.org/new-papers-on-paleoseismology-in-the-tien-shan/

Summary:

Between 1885 and 1938, the northern Tien Shan at the border between present Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan experienced a remarkable series of five major earthquakes, exceeding M6.9 and reaching up to M ~ 8 (1885 Belovodskoe M6.9, 1887 Verny M7.3, 1889 Chilik M~8, 1911 Chon Kemin M8, and 1938 Kemino Chu M6.9). Combined, the seismic moments add up to almost moment magnitude 9, which is a significant amount of strain released in roughly 50 years and across an E-W stretch of

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Location	Country	Latitude	Longitude
Kazakhstan	KZ	47.9992	66.9023
Kyrgyzstan	KG	41.2055	74.7799

Keywords:

Belovodskoe M6.9, border, Chilik M~8, Chon Kemin M8, E-W stretch, Earthquake, Kazakhstan, Kemino Chu M6.9, major earthquakes, moment magnitude, New papers, northern Tien Shan, present Kyrgyzstan, remarkable series, seismic moments, strain, Verny M7.3