Neodani Fault | |
Country: | Japan |
Type: | left lateral slip fault |
Location: | Gifu Prefecture |
State: | Gifu Prefecture |
Earthquakes: | 1891 Mino-Owari earthquake |
Coordinates: | 35.6167°N 136.6197°W |
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.