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Japan Median Tectonic Line (中央構造線, Chūō Kōzō Sen), also Median Tectonic Line (MTL), is Japan's longest fault system. The MTL begins near Ibaraki Prefecture, where it connects with the Itoigawa-Shizuoka Tectonic Line (ISTL) and the Fossa Magna. It runs parallel to Japan's volcanic arc, passing through central Honshū to near Nagoya, through Mikawa Bay, then through the Inland Sea from the Kii Channel and Naruto Strait to Shikoku along the Sadamisaki Peninsula and the Bungo Channel and Hōyo Strait to Kyūshū. The sense of motion on the MTL is right-lateral strike-slip, at a rate of about 5–10 mm/yr. This sense of motion is consistent with the direction of oblique convergence at the Nankai Trough. The rate of motion on the MTL is much less than the rate of convergence at the plate boundary, making it difficult to distinguish the motion on the MTL from interseismic elastic straining in GPS data.
References
- "構造線はどのようにして出来たか". Susumu Nishida's homepage. http://www.nishida-s.com/main/categ3/mtl-nagano/. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
- "中央構造線断層帯". The Headquarters for Earthquake Research Promotion. http://www.jishin.go.jp/main/yosokuchizu/katsudanso/f081_083_085_086_089_chuo.htm. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
- Kobe City FIRE Bureau (2006-01-17). "被害の状況". 阪神・淡路大震災. On the Site in Japanese of Kobe City FIRE Bureau. Archived from the original on 14 April 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080414163632/http://www.city.kobe.jp/cityoffice/48/quake/higai.html. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
- "中央構造線ってなに？". Oshika Museum of Japan Median Tectonic Line. http://www.osk.janis.or.jp/~mtl-muse/subindex03.htm. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
- You are very welcome to the Oshika museum of Japan Median Tectonic Line. http://www.osk.janis.or.jp/~mtl-muse/
