yes. i have no idea how or if it could effect the plates of the earth. i was going to go with some other goofy theories , but i thought that one was good being they(japan) rely more on nuclear energy.
I actually had someone telling me the theory about how we 'draining the blood of the earth' made volcanoes go and earthquakes happen..............
hno:
Quite simply, they are in an extremely active geological area , there have been earthquakes and related events since forever, its very existence is due to extreme geological events , no volcanoes= no Japan, like Hawaii
they have 108 active volcanoes, hint: they had them before the nuclear plants
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Ring_of_Fire