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It was caused by the collision between the Indian and Asian continental plates. The earthquake occurred on the Beichuan fault, which is ~380 km long thrust fault. “Active tectonics of the Beichuan and Pengguan faults at the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau” by Alexander L. Densmore, Michael A. Ellis, Yong Li, Rongjun Zhou, Gregory S.
