Great Himalayan earthquakes were thought to rarely rupture the surface. Field analyses in Nepal, however, reveal large surface displacements along the main fault bounding India and Asia during at least two historical earthquakes, in 1255 and 1934.
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Rockwell, T. Rupture exposed. Nature Geosci 6, 19–20 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1673
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