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Earthquakes may also occur in volcanic regions and are caused by the movement of magma in volcanoes.
A recently proposed theory suggests that some earthquakes may occur in a sort of earthquake storm, where one earthquake will trigger a series of earthquakes each triggered by the previous shifts on the fault lines, similar to aftershocks, but occurring years later, and with some of the later earthquakes as damaging as the early ones.
Epicentered off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, this massive tremor triggered a series of gigantic tsunamies that smashed onto the shores of a number of nations, causing more than 229,000 fatalities.
The 2005 Miyagi earthquake was a powerful earthquake that struck the east coast of the Japanese island of Honshu at 11.46am (02:46 UTC) on August 16, causing casualties, building collapses and power outages.
The earthquake began on Tuesday, August 16th, 2005, and affected Japans northeastern coast.
It triggered a tsunami warning, and buildings shook 200 miles away in the capitol Tokyo.