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Fig. 1.

From: Seismic quiescence and activation anomalies from 2005 to 2008 beneath the Kanto district, central Honshu, Japan

Fig. 1.

Honshu subduction zone. The rectangle with the bold solid line indicates the study area. The focal mechanism is shown for the 2008 Ibaraki-oki earthquake (M7.0) and the 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake (M 9.0) Six to eight kilometer contours at the Japan Trench show the ocean-bottom topography. The inset shows plate boundaries: the Eurasian (EU), Pacific (PA), North American (NA) and Philippine Sea (PH) plates. Arrows indicate the direction of plate motion relative to the EU plate.

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