What plates caused the china's earthquake??

Question

please help me i need to know what plates caused the earthquake in china in may 2008 if you know the two plates names please tell me.

thank you

Answer 1

The Indian Plate and the Eurasian Plate were the 2 involved in China's recent earthquake.

Scientists at the Caltech Tectonics Observatory have started analyzing the devastating earthquake that struck China's Sichuan province on May 12. This tragic event is one of a series of earthquakes in the earthquake-prone region and is likely to be repeated. Here we examine the underlying physics.

The earthquake occurred in an area that is deforming as a result of the collision between two tectonics plates, the Indian plate and the Eurasian plate. Figure 1 shows the motion of India (large blue arrow pointing northward) relative to that of Eurasia (three smaller blue arrows pointing eastward). The white star indicates the location of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. The seismicity recorded since 1964 for earthquakes of magnitude 6.4 and greater is shown by the circles.

Answer 2

It was caused by the collision between the Indian and Asian continental plates. The earthquake occurred on the Beichuan fault, which is ~380 km long thrust fault.

"Active tectonics of the Beichuan and Pengguan faults at the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau" by Alexander L. Densmore, Michael A. Ellis, Yong Li, Rongjun Zhou, Gregory S. Hancock and Nicholas Richardson

Answer 3

indian and australian plates