Neodani Fault

{{Short description|Left lateral split fault in Gifu Prefecture, Japan}}

{{Infobox fault|name=Neodani Fault|country=Japan|type=left lateral slip fault|location=Gifu Prefecture|state=Gifu Prefecture|earthquakes=1891 Mino-Owari earthquake|coordinates={{coord|35|37|00|N|136|37|11|E|source:kolossus-jawiki|display=inline, title}}}}Image:Neodani fault.JPG

File:Neodani Fault Relief Map (Marked), SRTM-1.gif

{{nihongo|Neodani Fault|根尾谷断層|Neodani Dansō}} is a left lateral slip fault in central Japan, Gifu Prefecture, which ruptured causing the 1891 Mino–Owari earthquake (otherwise known as the Nōbi earthquake) in 1891. It caused a 6m vertical offset and 8m left lateral offset, and ruptured over 80 km.{{Cite web|title=Long-Term Seismic Behavior of a Fault Involved in a Multiple-Fault Rupture: Insights from Tectonic Geomorphology along the Neodani Fault, Central Japan|url=http://mahabghodss.net/NewBooks/www/web/digital/nashrieh/bssa/2008/BSSA%20-%20Oct%202008%20(Vol.%2098%20,%20Issue%205%20)/6/2170.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723195427/http://mahabghodss.net/NewBooks/www/web/digital/nashrieh/bssa/2008/BSSA%20-%20Oct%202008%20(Vol.%2098%20,%20Issue%205%20)/6/2170.pdf|archive-date=23 Jul 2011|access-date=19 May 2021}} The quake was the largest ever recorded in inland Japan.{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}}