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Why does Japan get earthquakes and not London?
Japan is near to a fault line.
What is the name of the Kobe japan fault?
The fault that caused the 1995 Kobe earthquake was the Nojima fault.
What is the type of the fault line in japan?
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What fault line is Japan on?
Japan is located near a triple fault line between the Eurasian plate and the Pacific plate (the Japan Trench) and the Philippine plate (the Nankai Trough).
Did Jamaica sit on a fault line?
Yes Haiti and Jamaica both sit on same one
Why did earthquake Kobe occur in Japan?
The earthquake of Japan occured because Japan is on a major fault line.
What feature is Japan located on?
Japan was mostly formed by volcanoes. Apparently it is located on a fault line though.
Why did Japanese engineers build such a preponderance of nuclear generation plant on a known fault line?
The plants are not built on a fault line. The whole of Japan is 'near' a fault line and there is no real difference as to where you build them in Japan. Also the problem was not the fault (earthquake) it was the secondary Tsunami that has done the damage. The problem is that pressure water reactors need to be build by the sea so that the sea can be used as a heat sink.
Why are some places badly affected by earthquakes?
Some places are heavily affected by earthquakes because they sit on or near a fault line. Christchurch, for example, sits near a fault line and is why it has frequent and strong earthquakes but practically everywhere in Australia is nowhere near a fault line so we get very littleearthquakes.
Tohoku earthquake's fault line?
The Tohoku earthquake on March 11, 2011 was associated with the megathrust fault that lies off the Pacific coast of Japan. This fault line is known as the Japan Trench, where the Pacific Plate subducts beneath the North American Plate. The earthquake resulted in widespread devastation and triggered a powerful tsunami.
Why do Japan have earthquake?
Because it's very close to the Japan Trench, a fault line caused by the Pacific Plate pushing under the Eurasian Plate.
What is a breaking point in layers of the earth?
That sounds like you are looking for the word "fault" or "fault line".
