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Yes. Japans lies where a few plater boundaries ome together.

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Q: Is the great Kanto earthquake near a plate boundary?
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What faults or plates did the great Kanto earthquake occur on?

Earthquakes are caused by tectonic activity of the earth. In otherwords, the earth caused the great kanto earthquake :P (: The Philippine plate and the Honshu Plate rubbing together caused the tremors in the earth and the earthquake :)


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The Kanto earthquake of September 1923 in Japan is one of the most destructive earthquakes in the world, and over 100,000 people were sacrificed in the disaster. The source of the 1923 Kanto earthquake are two different plates which are the Philippine Sea plate and Honshu plate.


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What type of plate boundary was the Andreanof earthquake?

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What was the plate boundary on the San Fernando earthquake?

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