Tsunamis
A Threat to All Humanity: Crisis of Tsunamis in Japan
Japan is located at the boundary of several tectonic plates and in the northwest of the Pacific Ring of Fire. Off the west coast, the Amur Plate of the continental shelf, the Philippine Plate, the Pacific Plate and the Okhotsk Plate, which drifts southward from the north, collide.
The continental drift causes the plates to push among or along each other. The seismic activity is normally low and not noticeable. However, pressure builds up at the kilometer-thick plate edges, which is released by earthquakes.
Tsunamis are caused by earthquakes or other seismic eruptions in oceans and sometimes result in massive waves that run onto land with enormous force, causing great devastation. Even relatively small tsunami waves can thus lead to high losses and financial damage. Japan is a country that regularly experiences earthquakes and tsunamis.
If you buy a house on the eastern coastline of Japan which sits next to the Pacific ocean you can expect to regularly experience earthquake and Tsunami activity such as that seen in 2011, when the Fukushima disaster occurred and 15,950 people died in Japan alone. The entire coastline all the way down to Tokyo is considered at risk from these events and purchasing a property in these areas means not only the possibility your house will be destroyed but even if not you will live with the constant fear of it happening in the back of your mind. Wave heights in the 2011 disaster were recorded up to 55.88 meters in height during the Tsunamis that followed the 9.1 earthquake.
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