Earthquakes in Japan..

There are many earthquakes in Japan. Japan is located on one of the most active earthquake belts in the world. They have small tremors so often that they don't pay much attention to them. But they've had some terrible earthquakes in the past. So they're always aware of the possibility of a major earthquake disaster in Japan, especially those of them who can remember the ones they've had.

Tokyo had a major earthquake too. There was a major earthquake in 1923, called the Great Kanto Earthquake. It involved Tokyo and Yokohama. It was a terrible disaster. That earthquake measured 8.3 on the Richter scale.

There have been major earthquakes in Nagoya, ion Fukui, in Izu, in Hokkaido, and in Kobe- and others as well. And another major one in the Tokyo area is always a possibility. Most Japanese know what to do in case of an earthquake.