Abstract
Abstract Seventeen focal-mechanism solutions have been obtained for earthquakes occurring in the Hindukush region using P-wave first motion directions observed from short as well as long period records. These solutions have indicated a thrust type of faulting. Some of the solutions show small components of strike slip motions. The trend of nodal planes in these solutions was found to vary between northeast and southeast directions. The dip of the compressional axes rarely exceeds 25°. Orientation of tensional axes was found to be almost vertical in all cases. These findings together with the spatial distribution of earthquakes in the Hindukush region suggested that earthquakes were caused by down-dip extension within a sinking slab.
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