is a left lateral

strike-slip In geology, a fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass movements. Large faults within Earth's crust result from the action of plate tectonic ...

fault which runs along the northeast side of

Izu Peninsula The is a large mountainous peninsula with a deeply indented coastline to the west of Tokyo on the Pacific coast of the island of Honshu, Japan. Formerly known as Izu Province, Izu peninsula is now a part of Shizuoka Prefecture. The peninsul ...

south 30 km to

Izu Izu may refer to: Places *Izu Province, a part of modern-day Shizuoka prefecture in Japan **Izu, Shizuoka, a city in Shizuoka prefecture **Izu Peninsula, near Tokyo **Izu Islands, located off the Izu Peninsula People with the surname

*, Japane ...

City in Japan. It was responsible for the magnitude 7.0 1930 North Izu earthquake ( 北伊豆地震).

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External links

* (Japanese)
Masato Koyama's Home Page - Shizuoka University
(Japanese) {{coord, 35, 05, 47, N, 139, 01, 04, E, source:kolossus-jawiki, display=title Seismic faults of Japan