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Great Himalayan earthquakes were thought to rarely rupture the surface. Field analyses in Nepal, however, reveal large surface displacements along the main fault bounding India and Asia during at least two historical earthquakes, in 1255 and 1934.

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Figure 1: Cross-section through the Himalayan continental thrust-fault system.

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  1. Thomas K. Rockwell is in the Department of Geological Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92182-1020, USA,

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Rockwell, T. Rupture exposed. Nature Geosci 6, 19–20 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1673

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