i think it could be divergent,convergent,or transform
yup it happened at 2 o'clock Japanese time, it was one of the highest recorded earthquakes in history. (8.9/10) CNN has more good info on the topic.
The largest recorded earthquake Japan has had would be the most recent, the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, which reached 9.0 on the Richter scale.
An 8.9 Earthquake.
Great East Japan Earthquake / 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami
No. The March 2011 earthquake in japan was along a convergent boundary, and triggered by subduction.
Japan is a country. The earthquake devastated the northeast coast.
The earthquake in Japan lasted about 3-5 minutes.
The 'plates' underground 'smack' into each other causing the Japan earthquake.
It was a 9.0 level earthquake
tsunami
i think it was tectonic or collapse
A tsunami hit japan after the earthquake.
Great East Japan Earthquake / 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami
The Earthquake in Japan was a 9.0 magnitude.
was the earthquake of japan in 1995 underwater
The Earthquake of Kobe occurred in Japan in 1995.
The earthquake of Japan occured because Japan is on a major fault line.
It depends on the earthquake you are talking about. Many have occurred in Japan. The most recent is the 2011 earthquake.
Japan had Tsunami and an Earthquake Kansas had an earthquake
It is called tectonic stress.