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 under the sea) to Nishio City.^[1] It flows into the Yokosuka fault which extends another 20 km.

External links[edit]

Fukozu Fault pic^{[permanent dead link]}

References[edit]

^ Iida, Kumizi; Sakabe, Kazuo (1972). "The Extension of the Fukozu Fault Associated with the Mikawa Earthquake in 1945". Zisin (Journal of the Seismological Society of Japan). 2nd series. 25 (1): 44–45. doi:10.4294/zisin1948.25.1_44.

[1] Iida, Kumizi; Sakabe, Kazuo (1972). "The Extension of the Fukozu Fault Associated with the Mikawa Earthquake in 1945". Zisin (Journal of the Seismological Society of Japan). 2nd series. 25 (1): 44–45. doi:10.4294/zisin1948.25.1_44.

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v t e Tectonic plates of East and North 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	Aomori Bay West Coast Fault Zone Baikal Rift Zone Haiyuan Fault Fukozu Fault Futagawa-Hinagu fault zone 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 Eastern margin of the Sea of Japan Izu–Ogasawara Trench Japan Trench Nankai Trough Okinawa Trough Ryukyu Trench Sagami Trough Suruga Trough Philippines Manila Trench Philippine Trench
Others	Boso Triple Junction