Tokyo ? In the massive earthquake that hit northern Pakistan in October, a fault shifted over a 40-mile section, and the ground was pushed up to a height of 18 feet in places, according to a Japanese and Pakistani joint research team.

The team’s study has fully revealed the movements of faults during the earthquake for the first time.

The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, Kyoto University, Hiroshima Institute of Technology and the Geological Survey of Pakistan conducted the joint research in January.

In the northern city of Muzaffarabad and its surrounding areas, the team conducted research at 11 sites along the faults that caused the earthquake.

The team confirmed that the successive movements of three faults, which run from north to south, resulted in huge tremors.

The team also found that the ground surface moved up to nearly 30 feet in one area. More damage was observed around the faults.

The team is set to conduct more detailed research in March around a 31-mile-long fault near the quake’s epicenter.