the 1976 Tangshan earthquake (Ms 7.8), occurred in the North China Basin (NCB). This
study aims to investigate the generation mechanism of the large intraplate earthquakes in
the NCB and the spatial distribution of earthquake activity through numerical experiments. In
order to simulate the interseismic stress accumulation process in the NCB, we set up several
3D finite element models based on different lithospheric rheological structure and apply …