The South China Sea is a huge marginal sea at East-Asian continental margin, and a tectonic region of the transitional crust type from continental to oceanic.

南海是东亚大陆边缘的巨型陆缘海，属大陆—大洋过渡型地壳构造区。

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The Himalayas are fragile mountains formed from the tussle of tectonic plates that make the region seismically active.

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This tectonic shifts taking place in the region have altered the American role in the Middle East indefinitely, if not forever.

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Roger Bilham, a geophysicist at the University of Colorado, says the latest quake may have released only a tenth of the pent-up energy that has accumulated along the region's fault lines due to tectonic shifts.

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