Nojima Fault

Nojima Fault in relation to 1995 Kobe Quake.

Nojima Fault (野島断層, Nojima Dansō) is a fault that is responsible for the Great Hanshin earthquake. It cuts across Awaji Island. It is a branch of the Japan Median Tectonic Line which runs the length of the southern half of Honshu island.

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Coordinates: 34°32′58″N 134°56′15″E / 34.54944°N 134.93750°E / 34.54944; 134.93750

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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