Japan quake study sounds alarm at 'creeping fault' doctrine
- Published: 10 Jan 2013 at 01.45
- Online news: Asia
Seismologists said Wednesday they have found clues as to why Japan's 2011 mega-earthquake occurred on a fault previously deemed to be of little threat.
A monitor displays the seismological chart of the earthquake which hit Japan on March 11, 2011 at the Geozentrum geological science center in Hanover, central Germany. Seismologists said Wednesday they have found clues as to why Japan's 2011 mega-earthquake occurred on a fault previously deemed to be of little threat.
The findings have repercussions for the country's earthquake strategy and for other locations, including California's notorious San Andreas fault, with a similar seismic profile, they said.
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