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An archipelago is a cluster/group of islands (which Japan is). Seismic waves are the waves caused by movements of the Earth's plates, in other words, they are earthquakes. Japan is notorious/ well- known for the amount of earthquakes it has. This is why its called a seismic archipelago.

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