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Three major fault zones were identified in the offshore regions of Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures, northeastern Japan, from petroleum exploration seismic and well data acquired by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and its predecessor: the Kesennuma tectonic line (KTL), the Ishinomaki tectonic line (ITL), and the Joban tectonic line (JTL). The stratigraphic relationships indicate that these tectonic lines were activated during the Middle Miocene, and that their activity was likely closely connected with the opening of the Japan Sea and the drifting of the northeast Japan arc to its current position. Parts of these tectonic lines were reactivated during the Late Pliocene and Quaternary in the Sendai Bay area.