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Japan is a
                     densely-populated island nation in the northwest
                     Pacific and is a part of the "Ring of Fire"
                     chain of earthquake-prone Pacific Rim. As a
                     result, the Japanese people have endured massive
                     earthquakes throughout their history. Japan is
                     so quake-prone, that minor earthquakes are an
                     almost monthly aspect of life for the Japanese.
                     
                     
                     
However, several times in the
                     past hundred years or so, Japan suffers through
                     powerful earthquakes that cause massive amounts
                     of destruction and result in thousands of
                     deaths. 
                     
                     
On March, 2011, a huge
                     earthquake measuring around 8.9 to 9.0 on the
                     Richter scale hit off the coast of the Japanese
                     city of Sendai. In addition to destruction on
                     the ground, the quake also triggered a powerful
                     tsunami that hit Japan hard. As of March 13,
                     2011, full casualty figures are not complete,
                     but the death toll is in the thousands, with
                     millions of people without power, and at least
                     two nuclear plants in the throes of possible
                     meltdown. 
                     
                     
Below is a list of the most
                     destructive Japanese earthquakes since the late
                     1800s.
                     
                     
 
                     
                     Japanese
                     Earthquakes since 1891
                     
                     
Sendai, Japan (March 11, 2011)--Magnitude
                     8.9/9.0 --Fatalities in the thousands, full
                     casualty numbers are not yet available
                     
                     
Kobe, Japan (Jan. 16, 1995)- Magnitude 6.9
                     --Fatalities 5,502
                     
                     
Niigata, Japan (June 6, 1964)- Magnitude 7.5
                     --Fatalities 26
                     
                     
Fukui, Japan (June 28, 1948) - Magnitude 7.3
                     --Fatalities 3,769
                     
                     
Nankaido, Japan (Dec. 20, 1946)- Magnitude
                     8.1 --Fatalities 1,330
                     
                     
Mikawa, Japan (January 12, 1945)- Magnitude
                     7.1 --Fatalities 1,961
                     
                     
Tonankai, Japan (December 7, 1944) -
                     Magnitude 8.1 --Fatalities 1,223
                     
                     
Tottori, Japan (Sept. 10, 1943)-Magnitude 7.4
                     --Fatalities 1,190
                     
                     
Sanriku, Japan (March 2, 1933)- Magnitude 8.4
                     --Fatalities 2,990
                     
                     
Tango, Japan (March 7, 1927)- Magnitude 7.6
                     --Fatalities 3,020
                     
                     
Kanto, Japan (Sept. 1, 1923) - Magnitude 7.9
                     --Fatalities 143,000
                     
                     
Sanriku, Japan (June 15, 1896)- Magnitude 8.5
                     --Fatalities 27,000
                     
                     
Mino-Owari, Japan (Oct. 27, 1891)-Magnitude
                     8.0 --Fatalities 7,273
                     
                     
 
                  
                  
 
                  
                  

                  
                  

                  
                  

                  
                  
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