Lushan linked to Wenchuan quake: CAS

中科院研究称芦山地震可视为汶川地震的强余震

记者23日从中国科学院获悉，该院青藏高原研究所和地质与地球物理研究所科研人员联合发布“4·20”芦山地震震源破裂过程反演初步结果称，芦山地震与汶川地震有密切关系，可视为汶川地震的强余震。

2013-04-24 11:12 Ecns.cn Web Editor: Gu Liping comment

The People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force on Monday carried out its first airdrop operations in quake-hit southwest China to deliver food and water for thousands of homeless survivors.

Beijing (CNS) -- There is a relationship between the Lushan earthquake and the Wenchuan earthquake five years ago, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) said on Tuesday.

The Lushan quake was a strong aftershock of the 2008 earthquake, according to preliminary results released by the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research and the Institute of Geography and Geophysics under the CAS.

Lushan's was of the "thrust" type, and the two quakes caused increased Coulomb stress in the same area, said researchers, who concluded that the previous quake added impetus to latter one.

Jiang Haikun, from the China Seismological Network Center, had previously said the Lushan quake was not an aftershock of the Wenchuan quake, although there was an interrelation of stress transfer.

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