Fukozu Fault

Fukōzu Fault (深溝断層, Fukōzu Dansō) is a fault in Aichi Prefecture of Japan, which was responsible for the 1945 Mikawa earthquake. It extends some 28 km (10 km submarine) to Nishio City.^[1] It flows into the Yokosuka fault which extends another 20 km.

External links

Fukozu Fault pic

References

↑ http://www.journalarchive.jst.go.jp/english//jnlabstract_en.php?cdjournal=zisin1948&cdvol=25&noissue=1&startpage=44

Tectonic plates of East Asia (Eurasian Plate-Pacific Plate Convergence Zone)

Large	Amur Plate Okhotsk Plate Philippine Sea Plate Yangtze Plate

Small	Mariana Plate Okinawa Plate Philippine Mobile Belt

Faults and rift zones	Baikal Rift Zone Fukozu Fault Idosawa Fault Itoigawa-Shizuoka Tectonic Line Izu-Bonin-Mariana Arc Japan Median Tectonic Line Longmenshan Fault Neodani Fault Nojima Fault Northeastern Japan Arc Philippine Fault System Senya Fault Tanna Fault Ulakhan Fault Urasoko fault

Trenches and troughs	Kuril Trench Mariana Trench Japan Izu-Ogasawara Trench Japan Trench Nankai Trough Sagami Trough Suruga Trough Okinawa Trough Ryukyu Trench Philippines Manila Trench Philippine Trench East Luzon Trench

Other	Boso Triple Junction

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