Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20110312:20:13:00
Then to the west where you see the sea of japan, thats actually the u racha plate. when the earthquake struck and wepd the tsunami that was in an area known as the japan trench because its a subcontract zone and because of that where we have the zones going underneath, it literally went underneath. so what you have is the japanic trench where this took place. now, on average, there are probably about 1500 earthquakes that take place that are recorded. its always about those recorded in japan. so...
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