In Mesozoic era, the formation and evolution of the Mesozoic Lanping Simao basin were controlled by the Tethys tectonic zone.

在中生代，该盆地的形成与演化受特提斯构造带的控制。

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Conceiving and occurring of strong earthquake are closely related not only with tectonic area of epicenter but also with whole tectonic zone.

强震的孕育和发生不仅与震中周围构造有关，而且与孕震区所在的整个构造带有关。

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The tectonic boundary between the Yangtze Continent and Qinling orogenic belt is a thrust-strike slip tectonic zone rather than a intracontinental subduction zone.

扬子大陆与秦岭造山带之间的壳内构造边界不具陆内俯冲性质，而是逆冲推复一走滑构造带。

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Instead of occurring at a plate boundary along an area called a subduction zone, where one tectonic plate is diving beneath another, this earthquake occurred in the middle of an oceanic plate, where the faults in the crust essentially moved from side to side instead of up and down.

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