“Japan sits on the boundaries of four tectonic plates, which makes it one of the most earthquake-prone areas in the world,” said Shoichi Yoshioka, a professor at Japan’s Kobe University.

1. Japan – The Most Earthquake-Prone Nation. Why is Japan at High Risk? Japan sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire, where four major tectonic plates meet: the Pacific, Philippine Sea, Eurasian, and ...

Japan sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire, making it highly prone to seismic activity. With frequent earthquakes, the country has developed advanced building codes ...

As of the morning of June 26, 474 such earthquakes had been observed around the Tokara island chain. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Japan sits on a subduction zone, with the Pacific seafloor sinking downward beneath the island. That’s the cause of both Japan’s dangerous earthquakes and its volcanic peaks like Mt. Fuji.

Those living on the remote islands anxious and fearful of what might happen, and the national weather service has no idea ...

Japan, unfortunately, has a history of grappling with seismic events, notably the devastating 2011 earthquake with a magnitude of 9.1 that triggered a tsunami, claiming nearly 20,000 lives.

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By Jessie Yeung, Hanako Montgomery and Nodoka Katsura, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — As tremors shook the ground in parts of western Japan last Thursday, local and national government bodies leapt into ...