Japanese Earthquake 2010 (THIS WEBSITE CAN BE USED FOR KIDS, AND IS RELIABLE)
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This earthquake is measured around, 8.9. It happened March,11/2011 2:46(local time)
It strucked in Japan,250 miles off the north east coast of Japan's main island Honshu.
Japan is located on the eastern edge of the Eurasian Plate. The Pacific Plate, which is an oceanic plate, subducts (sinks under) the Eurasian Plate, which is a continental plate, to the east of Japan. This type of plate margin is known as a destructive plate margin. The process of subduction is not smooth. Friction causes the Pacific Plate to stick. Pressure builds and is released as an earthquake. 2000 Homes were destroyed. Buildings were destroyed, floods, a video below will show how bad it was.
It strucked in Japan,250 miles off the north east coast of Japan's main island Honshu.
Japan is located on the eastern edge of the Eurasian Plate. The Pacific Plate, which is an oceanic plate, subducts (sinks under) the Eurasian Plate, which is a continental plate, to the east of Japan. This type of plate margin is known as a destructive plate margin. The process of subduction is not smooth. Friction causes the Pacific Plate to stick. Pressure builds and is released as an earthquake. 2000 Homes were destroyed. Buildings were destroyed, floods, a video below will show how bad it was.
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www.geography.com
www.theglobeandmail.com
www.japannews2011.com
These are the websites and resources we used for this website. If you want to know were we took this information from then copy these websites onto the searcher.
www.geography.com
www.theglobeandmail.com
www.japannews2011.com