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The north-eastern area of Japan was the most affected by the 2011 earthquake. Tremors were felt further south than Tokyo, which is in the middle of the main island. Most of the population lives along the coast, though, and the epicenter was off the north-east coast. Japan lies in an earthquake zone, so they have had earthquakes all over the country at different times. The two other large ones, 1995 and 1923, both happened in the center of the country near Tokyo.

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