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{{Infobox fault|name=Sagaing Fault|country=Myanmar|length=1,400 km|status=Active|movement=Dextral|displacement=18-20 mm/yr (0.71-0.79 in/yr)|cities=[[Yangon|Yangon]], [[Nay Pyi Taw|Nay Pyi Taw]], [[Meiktila|Meiktila]], [[Mandalay|Mandalay]], [[Myitkyina|Myitkyina]]|coordinates=21°55'06.8"N 95°59'01.6"E|type=[[Transform fault|Transform fault]]|age=[[Miocene|15-22 MYA]]|segments=Southern section: Bago, Pyu, Nay Pyi Taw, Meiktila, Sagaing. Northern section: Tawma, Ban Mauk, Indaw, Mawlu, Shaduzup, Kamaing, Mogang}}
{{Infobox fault|name=Sagaing Fault|country=Myanmar|length=1,400 km|status=Active|movement=Dextral|displacement=18-20 mm/yr (0.71-0.79 in/yr)|cities=[[Yangon|Yangon]], [[Nay Pyi Taw|Nay Pyi Taw]], [[Meiktila|Meiktila]], [[Mandalay|Mandalay]], [[Myitkyina|Myitkyina]]|coordinates=21°55'06.8"N 95°59'01.6"E|type=[[Transform fault|Transform fault]]|age=[[Miocene|15-22 MYA]]|segments=Southern section: Bago, Pyu, Nay Pyi Taw, Meiktila, Sagaing. Northern section: Tawma, Ban Mauk, Indaw, Mawlu, Shaduzup, Kamaing, Mogang|image=Sagaing Fault outside Mandalay.jpg|image_caption=A pressure ridge formed along the fault, obscured by vegetation.}}


The '''Sagaing Fault''' is a major [[Fault (geology)|fault]] in [[Burma]], a mainly continental right-lateral [[transform fault]] between the [[Indian Plate]] and [[Sunda Plate]]. It links the [[divergent boundary]] in the [[Andaman Sea]] with the zone of active [[continental collision]] along the Himalayan front. It passes through populated cities of [[Mandalay]], [[Yamethin]], [[Pyinmana]], the capital [[Naypyidaw]], [[Toungoo]] and [[Pegu]] before dropping off into the [[Gulf of Martaban]], over 1200 kilometers.<ref name="MMTimes">{{Cite web |last=Win |first=Nilar |date=August 25–31, 2008 |title=Sagaing Fault surveyed to prepare for future quakes |url=http://www.mmtimes.com/no433/n006.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120607160548/http://www.mmtimes.com/no433/n006.htm |archive-date=2012-06-07 |access-date=2011-04-04 |website=The Myanmar Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04918.x | volume=185 | title=Earthquakes and slip rate of the southern Sagaing fault: insights from an offset ancient fort wall, lower Burma (Myanmar) | journal=Geophysical Journal International | pages=49–64 | last1 = Wang | first1 = Yu| url=http://authors.library.caltech.edu/23464/1/Wang2011p13370Geophys_J_Int.pdf }}</ref> The total slip rate across the Indian–Sunda Plate boundary is about 35 &nbsp;mm/yr, of which 18&nbsp;mm/yr is accommodated by the Sagaing Fault, according to [[Global Positioning System|GPS]] data.<ref name="Tsutsumi_&_Sato_2009">{{Cite journal |last=Tsutsumi |first=H. |last2=Sato |first2=T. |date=2009 |title=Tectonic geomorphology of the southernmost Sagaing fault and surface rupture associated with the May 1930 Pegu (Bago) earthquake, Myanmar |journal=Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America |volume=99 |issue=4 |pages=2155–2168 |doi=10.1785/0120080113}}</ref> The measured maximum displacement along the fault is about 100 km, although several authors have proposed between 360 km to 400 km.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=|first=|date=2017|title=Active tectonics of Myanmar and the Andaman Sea|url=https://watermark.silverchair.com/9781862399730_ch02.pdf?token=AQECAHi208BE49Ooan9kkhW_Ercy7Dm3ZL_9Cf3qfKAc485ysgAAAnEwggJtBgkqhkiG9w0BBwagggJeMIICWgIBADCCAlMGCSqGSIb3DQEHATAeBglghkgBZQMEAS4wEQQMOJPpKzzUDwDUvH0TAgEQgIICJHM2KYcf3G9MFDrTJ823gvYVT5xzdQ--Gb-ph5KhRwX_fCZWzd3pWz8Cxgy481Tbaj_i8wgol6icx4afNY3ftCC1tnJIEOFJn66gFIjm5GD7uFAoqs0xg7RgI6S9fRCQ64sv8-A_CNFvuavuVyzSI1Ggzn8_XMFQIcnogBGhJCZFnliEAphu3bMLB8nIa0plZ5HjIEF6HYRubCLd5Vmk408A1R5jGrZHwQfdN9NXTKe0amv2Gklp4HPHOaS0iyPzAhhn7noJPbeyManaWDsrIIQ3AjNzLWZo2z9Vop9sGAJ3e_ZdvHpT707KPsIc0FCZy7y-MUy8nIsVYPCDMF-O-rv0xMlumTKrDRuzxxHh8WMTs-lmC5r-AobK9aTjkPtEIepplPwUZDqQQI0vhglR-Qn3ucsSJpkEog-Av1sW7XqPmZ7uu4C9FZnBtWk73PzMBFO0iSKU446dnO94igdV5LUM3iOHh76bsCvnMOX9iXrMgYHtIfn-FseBuOpUeDwVDX1TesJjSeDLiUKpnxjnIqWcgYIbfhCn5bnyUPCCcR-NZD9PNXZy8f73k1CjcoUVnndccDqL0ZyII4XgGkfzWuDdJv4DB3i5GY73tSx51IG9oFl7obBIpIZaHJhXXxWYoLBcMY-r39efPHl5ploFZls7rUarmiT_pecyq-u8dzjcJVryl8nLk7Cgb_Rr-gLlSAl9AoXNBqlESYf6wSW7RtLxe_Ke|journal=Myanmar: Geology, Resources and Tectonics|volume=48|pages=|via=}}</ref>
The '''Sagaing Fault''' is a major [[Fault (geology)|fault]] in [[Burma]], a mainly continental right-lateral [[transform fault]] between the [[Indian Plate]] and [[Sunda Plate]]. It links the [[divergent boundary]] in the [[Andaman Sea]] with the zone of active [[continental collision]] along the Himalayan front. It passes through populated cities of [[Mandalay]], [[Yamethin]], [[Pyinmana]], the capital [[Naypyidaw]], [[Toungoo]] and [[Pegu]] before dropping off into the [[Gulf of Martaban]], over 1200 kilometers.<ref name="MMTimes">{{Cite web |last=Win |first=Nilar |date=August 25–31, 2008 |title=Sagaing Fault surveyed to prepare for future quakes |url=http://www.mmtimes.com/no433/n006.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120607160548/http://www.mmtimes.com/no433/n006.htm |archive-date=2012-06-07 |access-date=2011-04-04 |website=The Myanmar Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04918.x | volume=185 | title=Earthquakes and slip rate of the southern Sagaing fault: insights from an offset ancient fort wall, lower Burma (Myanmar) | journal=Geophysical Journal International | pages=49–64 | last1 = Wang | first1 = Yu| url=http://authors.library.caltech.edu/23464/1/Wang2011p13370Geophys_J_Int.pdf }}</ref> The total slip rate across the Indian–Sunda Plate boundary is about 35 &nbsp;mm/yr, of which 18&nbsp;mm/yr is accommodated by the Sagaing Fault, according to [[Global Positioning System|GPS]] data.<ref name="Tsutsumi_&_Sato_2009">{{Cite journal |last=Tsutsumi |first=H. |last2=Sato |first2=T. |date=2009 |title=Tectonic geomorphology of the southernmost Sagaing fault and surface rupture associated with the May 1930 Pegu (Bago) earthquake, Myanmar |journal=Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America |volume=99 |issue=4 |pages=2155–2168 |doi=10.1785/0120080113}}</ref> The measured maximum displacement along the fault is about 100 km, although several authors have proposed between 360 km to 400 km.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=|first=|date=2017|title=Active tectonics of Myanmar and the Andaman Sea|url=https://watermark.silverchair.com/9781862399730_ch02.pdf?token=AQECAHi208BE49Ooan9kkhW_Ercy7Dm3ZL_9Cf3qfKAc485ysgAAAnEwggJtBgkqhkiG9w0BBwagggJeMIICWgIBADCCAlMGCSqGSIb3DQEHATAeBglghkgBZQMEAS4wEQQMOJPpKzzUDwDUvH0TAgEQgIICJHM2KYcf3G9MFDrTJ823gvYVT5xzdQ--Gb-ph5KhRwX_fCZWzd3pWz8Cxgy481Tbaj_i8wgol6icx4afNY3ftCC1tnJIEOFJn66gFIjm5GD7uFAoqs0xg7RgI6S9fRCQ64sv8-A_CNFvuavuVyzSI1Ggzn8_XMFQIcnogBGhJCZFnliEAphu3bMLB8nIa0plZ5HjIEF6HYRubCLd5Vmk408A1R5jGrZHwQfdN9NXTKe0amv2Gklp4HPHOaS0iyPzAhhn7noJPbeyManaWDsrIIQ3AjNzLWZo2z9Vop9sGAJ3e_ZdvHpT707KPsIc0FCZy7y-MUy8nIsVYPCDMF-O-rv0xMlumTKrDRuzxxHh8WMTs-lmC5r-AobK9aTjkPtEIepplPwUZDqQQI0vhglR-Qn3ucsSJpkEog-Av1sW7XqPmZ7uu4C9FZnBtWk73PzMBFO0iSKU446dnO94igdV5LUM3iOHh76bsCvnMOX9iXrMgYHtIfn-FseBuOpUeDwVDX1TesJjSeDLiUKpnxjnIqWcgYIbfhCn5bnyUPCCcR-NZD9PNXZy8f73k1CjcoUVnndccDqL0ZyII4XgGkfzWuDdJv4DB3i5GY73tSx51IG9oFl7obBIpIZaHJhXXxWYoLBcMY-r39efPHl5ploFZls7rUarmiT_pecyq-u8dzjcJVryl8nLk7Cgb_Rr-gLlSAl9AoXNBqlESYf6wSW7RtLxe_Ke|journal=Myanmar: Geology, Resources and Tectonics|volume=48|pages=|via=}}</ref>

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Sagaing Fault
A pressure ridge formed along the fault, obscured by vegetation.
Coordinates21°55'06.8"N 95°59'01.6"E
CountryMyanmar
CitiesYangon, Nay Pyi Taw, Meiktila, Mandalay, Myitkyina
Characteristics
SegmentsSouthern section: Bago, Pyu, Nay Pyi Taw, Meiktila, Sagaing. Northern section: Tawma, Ban Mauk, Indaw, Mawlu, Shaduzup, Kamaing, Mogang
Length1,400 km
Displacement18-20 mm/yr (0.71-0.79 in/yr)
Tectonics
StatusActive
TypeTransform fault
MovementDextral
Age15-22 MYA

The Sagaing Fault is a major fault in Burma, a mainly continental right-lateral transform fault between the Indian Plate and Sunda Plate. It links the divergent boundary in the Andaman Sea with the zone of active continental collision along the Himalayan front. It passes through populated cities of Mandalay, Yamethin, Pyinmana, the capital Naypyidaw, Toungoo and Pegu before dropping off into the Gulf of Martaban, over 1200 kilometers.[1][2] The total slip rate across the Indian–Sunda Plate boundary is about 35  mm/yr, of which 18 mm/yr is accommodated by the Sagaing Fault, according to GPS data.[3] The measured maximum displacement along the fault is about 100 km, although several authors have proposed between 360 km to 400 km.[4]

Earthquakes

See also: List of Earthquakes in Myanmar

The Sagaing Fault has produced several major earthquakes along various segments in historical years:

See also

References

  1. ^ Win, Nilar (August 25–31, 2008). "Sagaing Fault surveyed to prepare for future quakes". The Myanmar Times. Archived from the original on 2012-06-07. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
  2. ^ Wang, Yu. "Earthquakes and slip rate of the southern Sagaing fault: insights from an offset ancient fort wall, lower Burma (Myanmar)" (PDF). Geophysical Journal International. 185: 49–64. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04918.x.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  3. ^ Tsutsumi, H.; Sato, T. (2009). "Tectonic geomorphology of the southernmost Sagaing fault and surface rupture associated with the May 1930 Pegu (Bago) earthquake, Myanmar". Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 99 (4): 2155–2168. doi:10.1785/0120080113.
  4. ^ "Active tectonics of Myanmar and the Andaman Sea" (PDF). Myanmar: Geology, Resources and Tectonics. 48. 2017.
  5. ^ Htoo, Thant (2019-08-07). "Govt unveils quake preparedness plan". The Myanmar Times. Retrieved 2020-08-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS): Significant Earthquake Database. National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA. "Comments for the siginificant earthquake". doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K.
  7. ^ United States Geological Survey. "M7.5 - Myanmar". earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2020-08-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ United States Geological Survey. "M8.0 - Myanmar". earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2020-08-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)


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