Natural disasters - Coursework Example

1. Convergent boundary. Japan. 2. Subduction. Plates involved include the pacific plate, Eurasian plate, and the Philippine sea plate. Subduction occurs when one plate sinks beneath another plate as they converge. The Eurasian plate and the Philippine Sea plate form a convergent boundary as the two move toward each other. In the region under study, the Eurasian plate which carries Japan and its volcanoes thrust over the Philippine Sea plate. The boundary between the plates crack and fracture as the two plates slip past each other in the subduction process.

This is the reason there are several faults in the region. 3. 14 mm/year4. Transform boundary 5. Earthquake, Tsunami, volcanic eruption6. The people of Japan do not truly appreciate the risks that they face as a result of natural hazards that may come their way as a direct result of the plate tectonics happening in the area. This assessment is made because the cities of Japan that border the ocean are highly populated and some buildings are constructed on land reclaimed from the sea.