Devastation, Earthquake

This most recent devastating earthquake that occurred in Nepal, Japan a few years ago, and the two that occurred in Chile and Haiti was a direct result of a shift of tectonic plates caused by volcanic activity beneath the earths crust. What made the earthquake in Nepal and Japan so intense is that both areas are vestiges of so many active volcanoes. Japan, which is actually a chain of islands forming an archipelago of mountain tops that were formed by the earths plate tectonics and volcano activity located in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.

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