A Report on the Nojima-Earthquake-Fault caused by the 1995 Hyogoken-Nanbu Earthquake

The enormous earthquake on 17th January caused the calamity mainly in Kobe district and northern part of Awajisima-Island. More than five thousand people was killed and many houses were destroyed. Big fault (Nojima-earthquake-fault) caused to this earthquake. This fault has 14 kilometers in length from Ezaki lighthouse to Ikunami on the island and has right-lateral horizontal displacement. The maximum horizontal and vertical displacement are 1.7 m and 1.2 m respectively at Nojima-Hirabayashi in Awajishima-Island. This is the first report on the distribution and movement of the fault and disasters of houses, embankments and a transmission tower based on the site investigation and aerophotograph interpretation.