Poa RTS e © <= isan is taracered by eatnive zones of moder ‘taney: nde byt ois ‘tts at en Ere pate “The gear domain of Pasta comprises «netnork of active 1) timatyan sett zone nthe ne, 2 Stair rt a, 5) Rant Kuen Soamaectonie Zone he sehen The Pamisiuhinh Stam one sade scons Afganistan ac Tnstan outa Patent Cone cy the WW Pain ‘impinge Ca! Jhelum fault > Iti an important strike-slip au ending north-south Between Muzaffarabad and Koala this aut = ; apparently dsiocates the MBT and a left-ateral offset of © pee aae about 30 kris indicted on the westem mb of the Syntax (see Figure 5:3) In hs region of Me, . Abbottabad and Hazara the geological toations are HE txtremly deformed as well s displaced several km south wards. reac "itis the youngest and active major tectonic feature in the syntavial zone, Based on the selsmicty, the faults quite an active one, iesThe Main Karakoram Thrust (wit) > The Main Karakoram Thrust or the northern mega shear represents the colision zone of the southern margin of the Eurasian plate in Asta and extends into the Baltstan area > seismically active thrust witha large number of earthquakes of low to ‘medium intensity Punjal Thrust + Punjal ust Fait isa sigicant active tectonic characteris of some regional mprtans. also Comprises of several segments. This fault meets he Kraabad fut situated on Nornem Ack Cher fang Therefore, tis also known as Punjal- Khairaad thst Kurram Fault -Kurram Thrusts @ NNEANSW tending northward dipping acive tcton feature separating the Kakar Koran Fysh basin the nor an the west from Sela Ophiolte tus and fold bakin the eat and south o ‘rome bitte ° Gt RomsChaman Transverse Fault + Chaman fault is one of the major left-lateral transform faults of Pakistan *Chaman fault is an active plate boundary which © eee defines the western periphery of Indo-Pakistan late no La PB etito * It connects Makran convergence zone with Himalayan convergence zone (Indo-Pakistan | = plate is under-thrusting the Eurasian plate here). * Chaman fault is amongst the most significant and the active geodynamic features which has a test wide fault zone. ae Kirthar Fault ost ee + Kirthar fault along with the other N-S trending en- chelon faults ofthe Khar range front and foothils are — considered seismically active. + Annumber of earthquake epicenters are located in this region, which have been associated with this fault Ss Pab Fault ott ae + located along westem boundary of Khude fold belt. | a + Pab thrusts considered seismically active, located in the nocth-west vicinity of Karachia AAR Nai Rud Fault + Nai rud fault is quite an actve thrust ful + Situated inthe vicinity fold and thrust bet pertaining to the makran convergence zone and trending east-west Run of Kutch Fault “Run of Kutch isan active Fault of regional extent having ‘an east-west onentalion, +The extensions of this faut in the east as well as the est are, in Fact, not so welllefined, tis seismically acve, which is evident by several major and minor earthquakes associated to this regional tectonic boundary. ———— TAT z eresal SHES Pecnnn