Earthquake source fault beneath Tokyo |
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Authors: | Sato Hiroshi Hirata Naoshi Koketsu Kazuki Okaya David Abe Susumu Kobayashi Reiji Matsubara Makoto Iwasaki Takaya Ito Tanio Ikawa Takeshi Kawanaka Taku Kasahara Keiji Harder Steven |
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Affiliation: | Earthquake Research Institute (ERI), University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan. |
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Abstract: | Devastating earthquakes occur on a megathrust fault that underlies the Tokyo metropolitan region. We identify this fault with use of deep seismic reflection profiling to be the upper surface of the Philippine Sea plate. The depth to the top of this plate, 4 to 26 kilometers, is much shallower than previous estimates based on the distribution of seismicity. This shallower plate geometry changes the location of maximum finite slip of the 1923 Kanto earthquake and will affect estimations of strong ground motion for seismic hazards analysis within the Tokyo region. |
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