Fig. 1. (a) Landsat ETM/TM mosaic image of the Kusai Lake segment, Kunlun fault system (indicated by red arrows) in northern Tibet. The location of epicenter (indicated by a yellow star) of the 2001 Mw 7.8 Central Kunlun earthquake was determined by U.S. Geological Survey, and the focal mechanism solution was given by the Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo. ATF: Altyn Tagh Fault, HYF: Haiyuan Fault, KLF: Kunlun Fault in index map. (b) Spatial distribution of the surface rupture zone produced by the 2001 Central Kunlun earthquake. Modified from Fu and Lin (2003).