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However, the deformation and seismic activity in the thick-skinned thrust sheets of the root zones are minimal. The Mw 7.1 Wushi earthquake on 23 January 2024 serves as a window to reveal these unknown aspects of the seismic mechanisms in this structural setting. Using the Leveraging Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) technique, we unlock critical insights into the coseismic deformation fields. The seismogenic fault is an unmapped segment within the Maidan Fault system, exhibiting a strike ranging from 241\u00b0 to 222\u00b0. It is characterized by a shallow dip angle of 62\u00b0 and a deeper dip angle of 56\u00b0. Remarkably, the seismic rupture did not propagate to the Earth\u2019s surface. The majority of slip distribution is concentrated within a range of 4 to 26 km along the strike, indicating that this earthquake was a thrust event on a blind fault within the thick-skinned tectonics of the South Tian Shan. Coulomb stress changes indicate that aftershocks primarily occur in the stress-loading region. Interestingly, some aftershocks are very shallow, causing clear surface deformation. Inversion results show that the fault planes of two aftershocks are located above the main shock fault plane at extremely shallow depths (&lt;6 km). Combining geophysical profile data, we infer that ruptures in the deep-seated thick-skinned structures during the main shock triggered ruptures in the shallow thrust structures. This triggering relationship highlights the potential for combined ruptures of the main shocks and aftershocks in the deep-seated thick-skinned structures beneath the South Tian Shan to result in larger disasters than typical seismic events.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs16162937","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,8,12]],"date-time":"2024-08-12T08:54:08Z","timestamp":1723452848000},"page":"2937","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":18,"title":["The 2024 Mw 7.1 Wushi Earthquake: A Thrust and Strike-Slip Event Unveiling the Seismic Mechanisms of the South Tian Shan\u2019s Thick-Skin Tectonics"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5733-187X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jiangtao","family":"Qiu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration, Beijing 100029, China"},{"name":"The Second Monitoring and Application Center, China Earthquake Administration, Xi\u2019an 710054, China"}]},{"given":"Jianbao","family":"Sun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration, Beijing 100029, China"}]},{"given":"Lingyun","family":"Ji","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Second Monitoring and Application Center, China Earthquake Administration, Xi\u2019an 710054, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,8,10]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.1029\/97TC03140","article-title":"Late Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the southern Chinese Tian Shan","volume":"17","author":"Yin","year":"1998","journal-title":"Tectonics"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"311","DOI":"10.1007\/BF02900310","article-title":"Late Cenozoic tectonic deformation in the Tianshan Mountain and its foreland basins","volume":"49","author":"Zhang","year":"2004","journal-title":"Chin. 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