1,000 earthquakes in Japan

Beginning around late June, scientists say that there have been more active tremors in the waters surrounding the Tokara islands than usual. This is because an underwater tectonic plate is sinking towards the island, while the Okinawa Trough is widening on the western side. Although there are no reports of destruction, officials have recommended that inhabitants should get ready to move to safety, just in case of more significant destruction.

According to the media, the islands usually undergo small tremors, but the recent number of quakes have increased, which is rather strange. The country of Japan is one of the world’s most seismically active places. The reason for this is that it is located on the western point of the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” on top of four significant tectonic plates. Typically experiencing approximately 1,500 quakes per year, the Tokara Islands are responsible for around 18% of the earthquakes in the world.

The Tokara Islands are an isolated archipelago containing twelve islands in the southwestern seas of Japan. In total, about seven hundred people inhabit these islands, living on only seven of the twelve. 1,031 tremors have been documented in this expanse since June 21, 2025, in total.

Luckily, there have not been reports of severe casualties, although many residents of the islands have already been advised to relocate to safer areas if the rate of earthquakes persists.

Referring to a chain of volcanoes, earthquake sites, and tectonic plates, the Ring of Fire is located around the Pacific Ocean, spreading roughly across 25,000 miles from New Zealand to the lower tip of South America. Tectonic plates are giant pieces of Earth’s crust and are not stationary but continuously slide above a layer of solid and molten rock.

When they move, these pieces could trigger quakes and/or volcanic eruptions.

About 90% of all earthquakes happen along this chain. The Ring of Fire is scattered with 452 independent active volcanoes, which is an astonishing 75% of all the active volcanoes in the world!

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