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The faults and their properties are based on Deng et al. (2007) and Xu et al. (2016); fault architecture in the North China Plain is mainly according to Yin et al. (2015), Xu et al. (2019) and Zhang et al. (2019); main fault abbreviations are as follows: EKLF-East Kunlun fault, TZF-Ta Zang fault, MJF-Min Jiang fault, LMSF-Longmenshan fault; QCF-Qing Chuan fault, LDF-Lintan-Dangcang fault, LLF-Lixian-Luojiabao fault, CBNF-Chengxian Basin Northern fault, TBF-Taibai fault, WQLF-West Qinling fault, HYF-Haiyuan fault, TJSF-Tianjingshan fault, SDF-Shangdan fault, TLZF-Tieluzi fault, THSFF-Taihangshan frontal fault, NQLF-Northern Qinling fault, TLF-Tanlu fault, ZBF-Zhangbo fault; literature sources for the time constraints of tectonic events of orogenic belts or basins are as follows: (1) Duvall et al. (2013), (2)Wang et al. (2013), (3) Zheng et al. (2006), (4) Fang et al. (2005), (5) Zheng et al. (2003), (6) Lease et al. (2011), (7) Wang et al. (2012), (8) Heberer et al. (2014), (9) Liu et al. (2013), (10) Enkelmann et al. (2006), (11) Su et al. (2021), (12) Clinkscales et al. (2020), (13) Zhao (2016), (14) Su (2019), (15)Wu et al. (2000), (16) Xu et al. (2017), (17) Tan et al. (2019), (18) Liu et al. (2019), (19) this study