How bad are earthquakes in Japan?

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Answer 1

How bad depends on the size, magnitude, and location of the quake and where the epicenter is in relation to where you are. There are some places like the Izu peninsula that get lots of small quakes and some that you may not even feel and then you can have big destructive ones like the Kobe quake that happened several years ago.

Locationwise, Japan is highly susceptible to earthquakes since it sits in the middle of 3 tectonic plate boundaries and is very active geologically. It is also surrounded by ocean so there is a tsunami risk along the coastal areas if a big quake were to strike.

Answer 2

There have been several major earthquakes in the last few years, Kobe is the most destructive and about a year ago, the one in Nigata did alot of damage ... However, for the most part, the buildings in Japan are designed to withstand an earthquake, so mainly you just feel a swaying motion up to maginitude 4-5 or more of a shoving motion for higher magnitude quakes. I quite enjoyed them while I was there, and kind of miss them. The small quakes that dont do any damage are kind of fun :)

Answer 3

They can be very bad (Hanshin Earthquake 11 years ago, 6000 people died). Most modern buildings can withstand earthquakes and most people are used to small ones. The scary thing is fire. Since most old houses are build of wood and most houses use gas for cooking etc, the chances of dying in a fire are much higher than the actual earthquake.
There are many plates colliding and they are predicting a big one to hit Tokyo any time now, same with the southern part of Kansai.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Yeah like the person above said- it's a daily thing (ah...jishin da).
But small ones don't do much harm considering japanese are used to it. The buildings are built to withstand certain sizes of earthquakes (or so they tell us). The big ones are scary of course, but big ones here feel the same as the big ones in California.

Answer 6

They are a daily thing, nothing to freak out about. In fact, it is a common topic on the daily commute. ("did you feel those tremors yesterday, Koji?") There are a few really bad ones, but Japan is ready for them. Don't stress...

Answer 7

They're common there. They have a lot of little ones and an occasional moderate one every now and then.

Answer 8

so bad - better not go very dangerous!