The enormous fault off ‚¬ ¨the coast of the Pacific Northwest has been silent for three centuries. But after years of detective work, geologists have ‚¬ ¨discovered that it can ‚¬ ¨ unleash mayhem on ‚¬ ¨an epic scale. Just over one year ago, a magnitude-9 earthquake hit the Tohoku region of northeastern Japan, triggering one of the most destructive tsunamis in a thousand years. The Japanese--the most earthquake-prepared, seismically savvy people on the planet--were caught off-guard by the Tohoku quake's savage power. Over 15,000 people died...What happened in Japan will probably happen in North America. The big question is when. |
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