Lateral variation of the Main Himalayan Thrust controls the rupture length of the 2015 Gorkha earthquake in Nepal

• DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aav0723
• Publication Date: 2019-06-26T23:16:00Z
• Authors: Ling Bai; Simon L. Klemperer; James Mori; Marianne S. Karplus; Lin Ding; Hongbing Liu; Guohui Li; Bowen Song; Sanjev Dhakal
• Keywords: 13. Climate action; 01 natural sciences; Research Articles; 0105 earth and related environmental sciences

Gross morphological structures of the Main Himalayan Thrust control the rupture length of the 2015 M w 7.8 Nepal earthquake.