China earthquake -- a very tiny 'blind thrust'

 This was a tiny earthquake for this type of geology.

An M6 (single digit precision) could be a foreshock, or it is just on its own.  

This was a thrust earthquake, in the Tibet push zone (from the India push).  It is mountain ridges and valleys.

If you look up 'blind thrust' on my blog, you'll see a lot of them.  All this geology is created by huge earthquakes.

My Wikipedia article might still be alive, although there is a general 'anti-physics' movement for earthquakes, as well.  The 'Gods of Earthquakes' have made their pronouncements, and do not want to be challenged.  Once again, lots of money involved.

To properly sink the valley, and raise the footwall, you need something like an M9.  This produces a PGV of over 1 metre per second, and throws rock formations into the air.  If I could build a house on deep piles that would survive this, it might get hit by huge boulders rolling down the hill.  

Around the world, all large earthquakes raise the highlands and sink the lowlands.  That is how they are maintained and require an M9 clearing earthquake.  

The valley is created by the chopped up hanging wall.  My mechanics may be off because these things are never measured.  The valley may rise at the begining, but soon sinks, and the footwall rises.  I would love more mechanics on this, since it seem 'counter intuitive' and would never get pushed by influencers.