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The exposed fault is 38 kilometers, "unlike common sense," with unbroken segments also left in the activity — the Kumamoto Earthquake.

The exposed fault is 38 kilometers, "unlike common sense," with unbroken segments also left in the activity — the Kumamoto Earthquake.

A field survey by Hiroshima University Professor Yasuhiro Kumahara and Fukuoka University of Education Lecturer Yoshiya Iwasa has revealed that the section where the Hinagu fault zone, an active fault believed to be the source of the Kumamoto Earthquake, appeared on the surface extends about 38 kilometers north-south.

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熊本地震くまもとじしんで震源しんげんになったとみられる活断層かつだんそう、日奈久(ひなぐだんそうたいひなぐ)断層帯が地表ちひょうに現あらわれた区間くかんは、南北なんぼく約やく38キロに及およぶことが、広島ひろしま大だいの熊原康博くまはらやすひろ教授きょうじゅ、福岡ふくおか教育大きょういくだいの岩佐いわさ佳哉けいや講師こうしらの現地げんち調査ちょうさで明あきらかになった。

A field survey by Hiroshima University Professor Yasuhiro Kumahara and Fukuoka University of Education Lecturer Yoshiya Iwasa has revealed that the section where the Hinagu fault zone, an active fault believed to be the source of the Kumamoto Earthquake, appeared on the surface extends about 38 kilometers north-south.

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