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    Nojima Fault (野島断層, Nojima Dansō) is a fault that was responsible for the Great Hanshin earthquake of 1995 (Kobe Quake). It cuts across Awaji Island, Japan...
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    Tokushima and Awaji. The Nojima Fault, responsible for the 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake, cuts across the island. A section of the fault was protected and turned...
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  • dermatologist Yasuzō Nojima (野島 康三, 1889–1964), Japanese photographer Nojima Fault, a seismic fault This page lists people with the surname Nojima. If an internal...
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    spread toward the southwest along the Nojima Fault on Awaji and toward the northeast along the Suma and Suwayama faults, which run through the center of Kobe...
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    example of quartz gouge. Nojima Fault Gouge: This fault produced thin oscillating foliations of psudotachylite and fine fault gouge from granite at a depth...
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    Akashi Strait and struck on 17 January 1995 with magnitude 7.2. The Nojima Fault, which cuts across Awaji Island, is responsible; a surface trace about...
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    Japan Median Tectonic Line (category Seismic faults of Japan)
    16th century.. The Great Hanshin earthquake of 1995 occurred on the Nojima Fault, a branch of the MTL. Approximately 6,434 people lost their lives; about...
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    accretionary complexes of Jurassic period or younger. Urasoko fault Fukozu Fault Neodani Fault Nojima Fault Hida orogenic belt (Hida Mountains and Ryōhaku Mountains)...
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    of the city, with Mount Myoken (522 meters) as the highest point. The Nojima Fault (the focus of the Great Hanshin earthquake)is located in the city. Hyogo...
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    earthquake" caused by the movement along active faults, notably the Nojima Fault on Awaji and the Suma and Suwayama faults in Kobe. It lasted for 20 seconds, causing...
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