Japan's Triple Calamity: Meltdown of Japan's Triple Calamity

Japan was known for being one of the world’s most seismically active regions, with 100,000 earthquakes hitting the country every year. The country had a long history of earthquakes and had witnessed many disasters due to its location. Being situated on the Pacific Ring of Fire , the subduction of the Philippine Sea plate beneath the Okinawa plate and Amurian plate had led to a series of several high-intensity earthquakes in Japan.

In order to minimize the impact of such natural disasters, Japan had gradually worked to forecast such incidents. The country’s first tsunami warning system was installed in 1941. Since then, Japan had been investing heavily in high-end technology in response to natural disasters...