Submarine geological composition of area surrounding the epicenter of the 7 June earthquake off the west coast of Ishikawa Prefecture

Submarine geological composition of area surrounding the hypocenter and epicenter(Solid circle) of the 7 June earthquake off the coast of western Ishikawa Prefecture.
Epicenters located along the Wakasa knoll range that stretches northeast-southwest, separating the Oki ship basin and Wakasa basin. Addition of the epicenters to Chart 5 in the explanation of the 200,000:1 Kyogamisaki submarine geological map (Yamamoto, etc., 1993). Introductory explanation. 1: anticlinal axis, 2: underlying anticlinal axis, 3: synclinal axis, 4: underlying synclinal axis, 5: fault, 6: underlying fault, 7: fault T2, 8: fault T1, 9: fault H, 10: fault H1, 11: fault K2, 12: fault K1.

Geological Survey of Japan

Seismic Activity in Japan May 2000