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The paper embodies focal mechanism solutions based onP wave data for thirteen earthquakes; nine shallow and four intermediate shocks located in northeastern India. The solutions along the Burmese and Himalayan mountains confirm the existence of thrust faulting and strike-slip faulting. A mechanism solution west of Haflong shows strike-slip faulting and another in the east shows thrust faulting. Four solutions from Tibet show normal faulting with predominant strike-slip motion.
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Chouhan, R.K.S., Srivastava, V.K. Focal mechanisms in northeastern India and their tectonic implications. PAGEOPH 113, 467–482 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01592932
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