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

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* Fukozu Fault pic

## References

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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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Tectonic plates of East and North Asia (Eurasian plate-Pacific plate Convergence Zone)

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* Eurasian plate
* North American plate
* Philippine Sea plate

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

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