Living with volcanoes - Japan

Living with volcanoes - Japan

• Japan has 110 active volcanoes. With several submarine volcanoes.
• 70% of Japan's land mass is mountainous.

Japan's tectonic setting:

• Located where four tectonic plates meet (Pacific, Philippine, Eurasian and North American plates.)
• 1200 volcanic eruptions in the past 2000 years.

Scale of eruptions and frequency over past 2000 years: 

• VEI scale      Number of…