Some remarkable earthquakes have occurred since 1974 till now in and around the Izu peninsula, Japan. These are the 1974 Izu-Hanto-Oki earthquake (M6.9), the 1976 Kawazu earthquake (M5.4), the 1978 Izu-Oshima-Kinkai earthquake (M7.0), and the 1980 Izu-Hanto-Toho-Oki earthquake (M6.7). Also these earthquakes took their places within the area where very high crustal strain rates ranging from 6 × 10
-7/yr to 14×10
-7/yr are geodetically deduced. It seems that seismic activities migrate along the east coast of the peninsula from the southern tip to the northeastern part, where some remarkable contemporary crustal strain rates are also found. Accumulated strains in the . noticed area have arrived at order of 50 × 10
-6 that exceeds ultimate strain level estimated by Rikitake (1975) since occurrence of the 1923 Kanto earthquake till now. While strain rates in the northeasternpart of the peninsula were very large just after the 1923 Kanto earthquake and decreased gradually, high strain rate of 9.8×10
-7/yr is detected in the triangle Sengenyama-Ishibashimura-Hatsushima in the noticed area. This triangle locates very close to the Nishi-Sagami-Bay fault where Ishibashi (1977) estimated a possibility of an earthquake with magnitude 7 class in near future. Therefore it is very important to follow and watch the crustal activities in the pointed area.
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