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A tsunami flowing into the city of Mikayo after the 9.0 magnitude Fukushima earthquake March 11, 2011 (JIJI PRESS/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)
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Underwater landslide may have doubled 2011 Japanese tsunami

September 30, 2014 rockman Comments Off on Underwater landslide may have doubled 2011 Japanese tsunami

A seismologist at the University of Tokyo believes that the monstrous tsunami that was responsible for so much damage and loss of life during the 2011 Fukushima earthquake may have been a result of a […]

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