Neodani Fault

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.

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This fault can be seen as a step portion in the center of the photo.
Neodani Fault.