Sagaing Fault
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The Sagaing Fault is a major continental transform fault in Myanmar that accommodates much of the tectonic motion between the Burma Plate and the Sunda Plate, making it a significant source of regional seismic activity.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
continental fault
ⓘ
strike-slip fault ⓘ transform fault ⓘ |
| accommodatesMotionBetween |
Burma Plate
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sunda Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| affects |
infrastructure in central Myanmar
ⓘ
population centres along its trace ⓘ |
| approximateLength | ~1200 km ⓘ |
| associatedWith | shallow crustal earthquakes ⓘ |
| country | Myanmar ⓘ |
| displacementRate | on the order of tens of millimetres per year ⓘ |
| extendsFrom | northern Myanmar ⓘ |
| extendsTo | southern Myanmar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| faultZoneWidth | several kilometres ⓘ |
| geologicalAge | Cenozoic activity ⓘ |
| hasEarthquakePotential | large damaging earthquakes ⓘ |
| hasSegment |
central Sagaing Fault segment
ⓘ
northern Sagaing Fault segment ⓘ southern Sagaing Fault segment ⓘ |
| isMajorSourceOf | regional seismic activity in Myanmar ⓘ |
| isMonitoredBy | seismological networks in Myanmar ⓘ |
| isStudiedIn | tectonics of Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| knownFor | high seismic risk to major Myanmar cities ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Burma Plate
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sunda Plate boundary region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motionType | right-lateral strike-slip ⓘ |
| movementStyle | horizontal displacement dominated ⓘ |
| orientation | roughly north-south ⓘ |
| parallelTo | Irrawaddy River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | plate boundary system between India, Burma, and Sunda plates ⓘ |
| plateBoundaryType | transform ⓘ |
| region | Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| riskType | earthquake hazard ⓘ |
| runsNear |
Bago
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mandalay NERFINISHED ⓘ Sagaing NERFINISHED ⓘ Yangon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runsThrough | central Myanmar ⓘ |
| seismicHazardFor |
central Myanmar
ⓘ
lower Myanmar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| separates |
central lowlands of Myanmar
ⓘ
eastern highlands of Myanmar ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | plate boundary between Burma Plate and Sunda Plate ⓘ |
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