Image of the estimated fault slip due to the 9.0 Tohoku-Oki earthquake. The fault responsible for the quake dips under Japan, starting at the Japan Trench (indicated by the barbed line), the point of contact between the subducting Pacific Plate and the overriding Okhotsk Plate. The magnitude of fault slip is indicated both by the color and the contours, which are at 26-foot (8-meter) intervals. Image source: Caltech / NASA
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Scientists sifting through data from the great Japan earthquake in March are uncovering surprises that may raise concerns nearby.
The study of the magnitude 9.0 Tohoku-Oki quake, led by researchers at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, and published online in the May 19 issue of Science Express, details the first large set of observational data from this rare megathrust earthquake event…
Japan Earthquake Shifted Seafloor by 79 Feet,largest slip ever recorded, National Geographic
