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Japan gets earthquakes because it sits very close to three different regions, known as plates. These plates move in different directions which causes Japan to shake ie get earthquakes.
Try checking this website for a picture http://www.ecology.com/archived-links/continents/index.html
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What country is Japan in?
One. Japan. It is an island. Japan is made of 1000s of islands.
What is the capital of the island country Hiroshima?
Japan
Japan winter Olympics?
Nagano, Japan - 1998 Sapporo, Japan - 1972
What did the Meiji government do in Japan?
They revolutionized and modernized Japan.
What the propaganda of bombing Japan?
The US bombed Japan to elliminate the leader of japan
What state has the most earthqukes?
Alabama
Is their earthqukes in Mexico?
i think so....
How do you detect earthqukes?
their is an machine that detects it
What landforms does diversion make?
earthqukes
What is the instrument that's is used to measure earthqukes?
seizeograph
Where do earthqukes occur most often?
near the boundaries
How an earthqukes effects humans?
destroy homes and lives
What was poeidon the god of?
oceans and rivers horese and earthqukes
How many earthquakes have there been in Mexico?
there are millions of earthqukes that have past
What maks a earthqukes start?
there is an eruption thus causing the plates in the earth move.
How aften are there earthquakes in the Gobi desert?
There have been 100 earthqukes since it was made.
What tool do they use to mearsure earthqukes?
a seismograph is used to measure intensity of earthquake
