The 1997 Manyi earthquake () occurred on November 8 at 10:02 UTC. The epicenter was in Nagqu Prefecture in northern Tibet, China. The focal mechanism indicates a left-lateral strike-slip movement. This earthquake had a surface rupture of long with up to of left-lateral slip along the Manyi fault, a westward continuation of the Kunlun fault, offset about to the south. Normally, the continental crust is about thick, but it reaches thick under the Tibetan Plateau. This earthquake ruptured up to of the top part of the local continental crust.
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