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| Topic - Japan mega-quake alert Posted: 09 Aug 2024 at 9:51pm By Dutch Josh |
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https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000nj9s/executive or https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000nj9s/executive ;
M 6.5 - 150 km E of Dolinsk, Russia
DJ, location just north of Japan, east of Sachalin...Does it affect quake risks for (East) Pacific ? Relative strong deep quake...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nankai_Trough or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nankai_Trough ; The Nankai Trough (南海トラフ, Nankai Torafu, Southern Sea Trough) is a submarine trough located south of the Nankaidō region of Japan's island of Honshu, extending approximately 900 km (559 mi) offshore. The underlying fault, the Nankai megathrust, is the source of the devastating Nankai megathrust earthquakes, while the trough itself is potentially a major source of hydrocarbon fuel, in the form of methane clathrate. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nankai_megathrust_earthquakes or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nankai_megathrust_earthquakes ; The fault is divided into five segments in three zones, which rupture separately or in combination, and depending on location, the resulting earthquakes are subdivided by zone from west to east into Nankai earthquakes, Tōnankai earthquakes, and Tōkai earthquakes. The earthquakes occur with a return period of about 90–200 years, and often occur in pairs, where a rupture along one part of the fault is followed by a rupture elsewhere on the fault, notably the 1854 Ansei-Tōkai earthquake and the 1854 Ansei-Nankai earthquake the next day, and the 1944 Tōnankai earthquake, followed by the 1946 Nankaidō earthquake. In one recorded case (the 1707 Hōei earthquake) the fault ruptured along its entire length. All of these great earthquakes have resulted in damaging tsunamis, which are particularly damaging due to the Japanese population being concentrated on the Taiheiyō Belt, especially the coastal cities of Tokyo, Yokohama and Osaka, the three most populous cities in Japan. The area remains seismically active, and future earthquakes are anticipated, with a high risk of a Nankai earthquake in the near future, which could be potentially very damaging. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nankai_megathrust_earthquakes#List_of_occurrences or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nankai_megathrust_earthquakes#List_of_occurrences part of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_Japan or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_Japan DJ, The https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_T%C5%8Dhoku_earthquake_and_tsunami or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_T%C5%8Dhoku_earthquake_and_tsunami (M9.1) was not linked to the Nankai-fault line.. Like pandemics earthquakes -to a certain level- are known risks. How one deals with known risks can limit damages/deaths...
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