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Why do earthquakes mostly hit Japan?

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

Because they are in the ring of fire, a very volcanic area around the pacific tectonic plate that always moves and causes earthquakes, in California, Alaska, Haiti, and ofcourse Japan. I'm 13

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They do not. There are earthquakes all over the world, every day. But because Japan is part of the "Ring of Fire" around the Pacific Ocean, Japan does sometimes experience severe quakes.

But then, so does California, South America, Iran, and New Zealand. And earthquakes can hit almost anywhere. See the link below for the real-time list of "recent earthquakes".

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