4 plate collieded it was bad VERY bad a bomb happened
27 earthquakes have happened from 1995 to 2008.
japan
Approximately 1.5 million people live in Kobe, Japan.
Yes, Japan is an earthquake-prone spot. Japan is more likely to have earthquakes than many other countries.
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The tsunami was triggered by the earthquake wiped out many towns. This caused further damage that led to the accident at the Fukashimi Nuclear Power plant.
Earthquakes are not only in Japan - they happen all over the world. In the last two years there have been notable earthquakes in Japan, China, New Zealand and many other places around the world.
There are many earthquakes and volcanic eruptions in Japan. ----
about how many earthquakes were in north America
America hitting Japan was just a result of war. The earthquakes were just an unfortunate occurrence. It could have happened anywhere.
Science cannot predict when earthquakes will occur, nor in any particular place. What they can do is look at the record of what earthquakes have occured and where and produce statistics that say if this pattern continues then it is likely there will be an eathquake of this kind of magnitude in this area in x time. Japan, being on the Pacific Ring of Fire, is often subject to earthquakes. These range from ones that hardly show on the seismograph right up to a stupendous Magnitude 9. The larger the magnitude, the less frequent their occurence. Kobe will undoubtedly suffer quite a few minor earthquakes in the next 100 years, as will many other places in Japan. Some places will most likely have at least one magnitude 7, if not higher, but when and where exactly who knows?
japan have so many earthquakes because it sits on 3 tectonic plates