Nojima Fault

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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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