Longling-Lancang fault zone in southwest Yunnan, China - A newly-generatedrupture zone in continental crust

The Longling-Lancang fault zone, consisting of sets of en echelon or cluste red faults, is a newly-generated rupture zone. It is characterized by the d istribution of active faults, earthquake faults and earthquakes in zones. F ormed in the Early-Middle Pleistocene, still active in the late, it moves d extrally and extensionally. It tends to cut off the locked segments and dis continuous segments at first, then pervades totally along the zone, accompa nied by strong earthquakes.