Figure 1From: Vertical movements of the Murono mud volcano in Japan caused by the Naganoken Kamishiro Fault Earthquake in 2014Location of Murono mud volcano, Niigata, Japan. (A) Location of the study area in the back-arc region, central Japan. (B) Positional relationship among the Murono mud volcano, the Naganoken Kamishiro Fault Earthquake (M = 6.7), the Naganoken Hokubu Earthquake (M = 6.7) and the Niigataken Chuetsu-oki Earthquake (M = 6.8). (C) Location of the Murono mud volcano and distribution of folds (after Takeuchi et al. 2000). Red and blue lines indicate anticline and syncline structures, respectively.Back to article page