Red River Fault

The Red River Fault or Song Hong Fault is a major fault in Yunnan, China and Vietnam which accommodates continental China's (Yangtze Plate) southward movement^[1] It is coupled with that of the Sagaing Fault in Myanmar which accommodates the Indian plate's northward movement, with the land (Indochina) in between faulted and twisted clockwise. It was responsible for the 1970 Tonghai earthquake.

It is named after the Red River which runs through its rift valley.

See also

• 1970 Tonghai earthquake
• 1925 Dali earthquake

References

Tectonic plates of Indochina (Eurasian Plate-Indian Plate Convergence Zone) Plate tectonics Burma Plate Eurasian Plate Indian Plate Sunda Plate Yangtze Plate Faults and rift zones Mae Chan Fault Red River Fault Sagaing Fault Three Pagodas Fault