Does Japan have a history of earthquakes?

The answer to this question is yes. When I found out about what happened in Japan I was curious. I wondered if this was the first time Japan had experienced something like this. I wondered if maybe something like this happened in their past. Sure enough I was right. It was called the Hoei earthquake . The 1707 earthquake and tsunami destroyed 29,000 houses and caused about 5,000 casualties.But the 1707 earthquake was not their last one. In 1771 they experienced another earthquake called the Yaeyama Great Earthquake. Of course this caused the Great Yaeyama tsunami as well. As a result 8439 persons were killed in Ishigaki island and 2548 in Miyakojima Japan. The damage amounted to 12,000 dead and missing in 1771. Agriculture was badly damaged and the population in the meiji era decreased to about one-third.

Yet again in 1896 there was the Meiji-Sanriku Earthquake which generated one of the most destructive tsunamis in Japanese history. 9,000 homes were destroyed and 22,000 people died. The waves of this tsunami had heights of  125 feet.The tsunami caused damage in  Hawaii as well. Fishing fleets were at sea when this occurred. When the fleets returned they were sailing amongst a vast amount of bodies and debris.

 Japan has experienced terrible tsunamis in the past but they recovered every time .I believe that if they recovered from them in the past then they can recover from the 2011 tsunami as well with as many people helping as they can.Let us continue to help Japan and keep them in our prayers.