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the rift system has a west–east trend, before turning to a SSW–NNE trend through most of Shanxi. The individual rift basins and their bounding faults that make up the overall system mostly have a WSW–ENE to SW–NE trend. Ruptures along these rift faults have been the cause of many damaging
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Pinglu suffered the most severe damage, with the collapse of between 30% and 40% of houses and cave dwellings. Other structures were equally affected, including office buildings, prisons, storehouses and the city walls. 8,677 deaths were recorded in Maojin alone. In
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