Figure 4. Two complementary portrayals of the stress imparted by the 28 March 2025 Mandalay earthquake. In the upper panel, the faults that receive stress are assumed to be right-lateral and parallel to the 2025 rupture, a gross idealization of the mapped surface faults. In the lower panel, focal mechanisms of events (Global CMT catalog since 1977) are used to represent a more realistic but patchier depiction of the surrounding faults. Nevertheless, the two views have common features, such as stress shadows and triggers. Credit: Temblor, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
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