Sunday, April 17, 2011

Is Japan going to sink?

Question:


I know this is stupid and probably isn't going to happen, but is Japan sinking into the Pacific Ocean, and if it does, it will cause a giant tsunami towards the west coast. Is this true?

Answer:


no, in fact japan is rising out of the ocean, the techtonic plates are moving towards each other and are forced under one and another which causes the land mass to rise.

if you look on google earth you will see the sea around japan is relatively shallow because of this.

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