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Tag: Great Tohoku Earthquake

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The new view of the Earth, and its quakes

by Scott Foster March 11, 2021March 12, 2021

Ten years ago, at 2:46 in the afternoon on March 11, 2011, the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Japan occurred off the northeast coast of Honshu, the country’s main island. It knocked Honshu an estimated 2.4 meters sideways and caused a tsunami that reached a maximum height of more than 40 meters and swept […]

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