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title: "Japan is the world's most earthquake-prone country."  
description: "Japan is located along the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, which is the most active earthquake belt in the world."  
author: "Steilla Mitchel"  
published: 2022-06-29  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1032/japan-is-the-world-s-most-earthquake-prone-country  
category: "nature"  
tags: ["nature", "earthquake", "japan", "tsunami."]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Japan is the world's most earthquake-prone country.

![Japan is the world s most earthquake prone country](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/aa01b22e-094e-45ce-9ef5-4ee3d0d903ab/images/77469b3e-7ec8-44cf-a35e-af49bf6e48df.jpeg) Japan is the world's most earthquake-prone country. ![Japan is the world s most earthquake prone country](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/aa01b22e-094e-45ce-9ef5-4ee3d0d903ab/images/3d35de43-8467-4130-9e44-a2e37d53b9fd.jpeg) Powerful quake hits western japan ![Japan is the world s most earthquake prone country](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/aa01b22e-094e-45ce-9ef5-4ee3d0d903ab/images/8f1b8c9a-f1f5-4837-8bd9-621cef934c66.jpeg) Magnitude 7.4 earthquake hits northeastern japan ![Japan is the world s most earthquake prone country](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/aa01b22e-094e-45ce-9ef5-4ee3d0d903ab/images/42223b5d-0759-4774-a2ac-21bcbf3c0cb5.jpeg) Japan tsunami then and now ![Japan is the world s most earthquake prone country](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/aa01b22e-094e-45ce-9ef5-4ee3d0d903ab/images/c219d976-b690-43c6-a18a-63dbc25351c4.jpeg) Building collapsed after earthquake in japan ![Japan is the world s most earthquake prone country](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/aa01b22e-094e-45ce-9ef5-4ee3d0d903ab/images/49086cc5-ef03-4709-a909-fa7b60dab599.jpeg) ![Japan is the world s most earthquake prone country](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/aa01b22e-094e-45ce-9ef5-4ee3d0d903ab/images/b9c9b989-7629-43c7-a4f5-b75ee5e0031e.jpeg) Japan is located along the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire

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