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What fault was the Kanto earthquake on?

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the Honshu plate where the Pacific, Eurasian and the Philippine sea plate meets

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The great Kanto Earthquake of Japan occurred on the main island of Honshū at 11:58:44 am JST on September 1st, 1923


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