Senya Fault
Shallow fault system in northern Japan
Senya Fault (千屋断層, Sen'ya Dansō) is a shallow fault system in northern Japan which was responsible for a 7.2 Rikuu earthquake in 1896, along with surface rupture. It is located near the Senya Hills in to the West of the Ou Backbone Range and east of the Yokote Basin in Akita Prefecture.[1]
References
- ^ http://www.eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp/BERI/pdf/IHO81202.pdf Univ of Tokyo Earthquake Research Institute: High-resolution seismic reflection profiling across the Senya fault at Hanaoka, northern Honshu, Japan: Data acquisition and processing
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Tectonic plates of East and North Asia (Eurasian Plate-Pacific Plate Convergence Zone)
- Amur Plate
- Okhotsk Plate
- Philippine Sea Plate
- Yangtze Plate
- Mariana Plate
- Okinawa Plate
- Philippine Mobile Belt
- 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
39°27′48.42″N 140°36′6.88″E / 39.4634500°N 140.6019111°E / 39.4634500; 140.6019111
