Earthquakes and Active Faults

Active faults have repeatedly caused disastrous earthquakes, and are likely to continue doing so. There are many active faults throughout Japan and the surrounding seas. AIST is conducting surveys to obtain the movement data of active faults with a view to predicting future earthquakes. This peeled specimen from a trench wall of an active fault shows a fault running diagonally downward from right to left just below the halfway point. You will also note that the top half is shifted to the right along the fault.
The other active faults throughout Japan are noted on the pull-out map on the shelf.