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Kobe is on the nojima fault line
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What is the name of the Kobe japan fault?
The fault that caused the 1995 Kobe earthquake was the Nojima fault.
Why did earthquake Kobe occur in Japan?
The earthquake of Japan occured because Japan is on a major fault line.
What fault line did the Darfield earthquake happen on?
the grendale falt line about 10 minites from darfield
What fault line did the 1931 napier earthquake happen on?
The Napier-Hastings fault. Its' a blind fault and only ruptured he surface along a 15km stretch of the fault.
Why earthquake happen?
earth quakes happen because of the fault line. Underneath the suface the plate are moving
Does an earthquake cause a fault?
No an earthquake is caused because in that certain area where the earthquake was , there was a fault line.
Can country not on fault line have earthquake?
a counrty not on the fault like is unlikly to have a earthquake
Has San Andreas been hit by an earthquake?
Yes San Andreas has had an earthquake in fact it has been a lot of them San Andreas even has a fault line named after it (The San Andreas fault line is actually a visible crack in the ground) and a lot of earth quakes happen upon a fault line.
What is the area along the fault where an earthquake begins?
A fault line.
Can activity on one fault line affect another fault line?
Yes, there have been instances of an earthquake on one fault line can trigger one on anther fault. It is even suspected that the December 26, 2004 earthquake in Indonesia triggered a smaller earthquake in Alaska.
What's san andreas fault?
It is a California Earthquake fault line
Closest earthquake fault to vacaville California?
ponderosa fault line
