It is founded that there are significant differences in the hypocentral parameters of the Kunlun Ms8.1 earthquake in some present corresponding studies. This work is based on the multirupture segment superposition model obtained by the conversion from the InSar data. According to the point dislocation theory, some focal parameters have been reasonably modified by means of the inversion technique of forward simulation in constraint of the GPS measurements,thus a new model of the Kunlun Mountain
Ms8.1 earthquake is obtained.As a result, the co-seismic horizontal deformation field, which is in better agreement with the GPS measurements and the field investigation results, has been deduced. Meanwhile, the coseismic vertical deformation and gravity changes are given.
Using the measurements at 1 683 GPS stations in China continent and its adjacent areas,we built a kinematical deformation model of the continent composed of 31 active blocks which are bounded on about 30 Quaternary active faults with different atlitude and slipping rate less than 20 mm/a.In modeling,the tectonic deformation of the continent is regarded as the combination of coherent motion of the relevant block and elastic strain induced by locking of boundary fault. The simulated results show that,in the GPS measurement accuracy range,the model reflects the main features of tectomic deformation of China continent well. The slip rates offerred by the kinematic model of the major faults in QinghaiTibet plateau and surrounding area are in ranges of 6-18 mm/a and 1-4 mm/a in Eastern China, which are consistent with geological observation in long time. The numerical simulation indicates that the internal deformation of crustal blocks compared with the local deformation of the margin zone of 50-100 km wide is limited, about 10 ×
10-9/a. This suggests that the continental deformation pattern is not continuouslike but blocklike,and the plate tectonics principle may still be applicable to characterize the deformation kinematics in Asia.