Urasoko fault

Urasoko fault 浦底断層 (Urasoko Dansō) or Urasoko fault system is a seismic fault (system) running for 39 kilometers near Tsuruga, Japan. Combined with the faults of the system, there are an additional 25 km of faults. It is notable in that it runs 250 meters from Unit #2 of the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Station, Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant. It was determined that it is capable of triggering a 7.4 magnitude quake.^[1]

References

↑ "Fault under Tsuruga nuclear plant could trigger M7.4 quake: research - The Mainichi Daily News". Mdn.mainichi.jp. Retrieved 2012-03-08.

Tectonic plates of East Asia (Eurasian Plate-Pacific Plate Convergence Zone)

Large	Amur Plate Okhotsk Plate Philippine Sea Plate Yangtze Plate

Small	Mariana Plate Okinawa Plate Philippine Mobile Belt

Faults and rift zones	Baikal Rift Zone Fukozu Fault 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 Izu-Ogasawara Trench Japan Trench Nankai Trough Sagami Trough Suruga Trough Okinawa Trough Ryukyu Trench Philippines Manila Trench Philippine Trench East Luzon Trench

Other	Boso Triple Junction

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