Tokyo is located near the plate boundaries between the Eurasian, Philippine, and Pacific plates.
Explanation:
Tokyo, the capital of Japan, and biggest city in the world, is located in a highly geologically active area, which is not good by any means, as large scale disaster can struck at any moment. The reason as to why this is such a risky area is that three plates have boundaries and interact between each other, causing all sorts of geological activity.
- The plates that have boundaries here are the Eurasian, Philippine, and Pacific plates.
- The Eurasian plate is continental, while the Philippine and Pacific are oceanic plates.
- Both the Pacific and Philippine plates are subducting below the Eurasian plate, and the Pacific is also subducting below the Philippine plate as well.
- The subduction zones cause intense volcanic activity, emergence of new volcanic islands, oceanic trenches, and multiple earthquakes every day.
