Q&A: What sets the recent Japan earthquake apart from others?

Q&A: What sets the recent Japan earthquake apart from others?

Terra Daily

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Boston MA (SPX) Jan 25, 2024

On Jan. 1, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck the western side of Japan on the Noto Peninsula, killing over 200 people. Japan is prone to earthquakes, including a magnitude 9.1 earthquake in 2011 that triggered a tsunami and killed almost 20,000 people. William Frank, the Victor P. Starr Career Development Professor in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences at MIT, has

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