Neodani_Fault

Neodani Fault

Neodani Fault

Left lateral split fault in Gifu Prefecture, Japan

Neodani Fault (根尾谷断層, Neodani Dansō) is a left lateral slip fault in central Japan, Gifu Prefecture, which ruptured causing the 1891 Mino–Owari earthquake (otherwise known as the Nōbi earthquake) in 1891. It caused a 6m vertical offset and 8m left lateral offset, and ruptured over 80 km.[1] The quake was the largest ever recorded in inland Japan.[citation needed]

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Neodani Fault.

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    "Long-Term Seismic Behavior of a Fault Involved in a Multiple-Fault Rupture: Insights from Tectonic Geomorphology along the Neodani Fault, Central Japan" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 Jul 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
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