Analyses of crustal movements made by using the first order trianguration survey data have already been reported [1] [2] [3]. The purpose of this paper is to estimate the stationary tectonic strain field in Japan by Frank's method [4]. The first order trianguration net in Japan had been established during the period from 1882 to 1909 and was resurveyed from 1948 to 1967. The third survey covered the areas of Kyusyu, Shikoku, Chugoku and Kinki districts in the last five years. The error of an angle for the first order triangulation is approximately ±0″.7 (Table I). The error may produce spurious shear strain of 0.6×10
5. It should be, however, emphasized that shear strain in Japan during the recent 60 years are approximately 1.0×10
-5. These facts indicate that shear strains calculated by survey data are accurate for usage. For the sake of increasing the accuracy, the survey data in which triangle closure and axis error are larger than ±2″ and ±15° respectively are eliminated. Frequency distribution of maximum shear strain velocity shows that the velocities less than 3×10
-7/yr. are 84% and the velocities larger than 3×10
-7/yr. are only 16% (Table III). The 65% of the velocities larger than 3×10
-7/yr. are intimately associated with great earthquakes (Fig.6). If distribution of strain axes would depend only on survey error, they would be randum in direction. However, the axes with the range of the velocities 1.0-2.0×10
-7/yr. have uniform direction for each regions (Fig.5). There fore, we must consider that the calculated strains would be produced by crustal movements rather than survey errors.
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