Neotectonics and Seismicity in the Kinki Area, Southwest Japan

Abstract

Although many earthquake faults showing clear strike-slip movements, such as the Neodani fault (M_ATSUZAWA, 1964), have been reported from Japanese Islands, but no strike-slip fault had been described from the geologic point of view. During this decade, however, many strike-slip faults have been discovered from Southwest Japan, not only from the northern half of it, but also along the Median Tectonic Line which extends for more than 800km in the middle part of Southwest Japan separating it into the Inner Zone (Japan Sea side) and the Outer Zone (Pacific side)....