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Most quakes are unnoticeable by people on the surfacein fact, thousands of quakes occur every day around the globe, most of them too weak to be felt. Every year, scientific instruments detect about 500,000 quakes worldwide. People feel only a small fraction of those. On average, a magnitude 8 quake happens every year somewhere on Earth. But severe earthquakes that cause widespread destruction happen on average once every five years. These great quakes can destroy cities, burst dams, trigger volcanic eruptions, and set off landslides and giant sea waves.
What kind of plants and animals are found in Japan? Go to the Q & A section of our page on Nature and Climate. Where are earthquake fault lines located in Japan? For information about earthquakes in Japan, go to Why is Japan prone to earthquakes? How many earthquakes has Japan had? Each year countless earthquakes occur in Japan, but most are so small that they can't be felt. Over the last century, Japan has experienced 23 earthquakes that have caused major damage, one of the biggest being the Great Hanshin Earthquake that occurred in Kobe in 1995. The most devastating earthquake in modern times was the great Tokyo Earthquake of 1923, in which 100,000 died.