Hidden clay intensified 2011 Japan megaquake, study confirms

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Dec 18, 2025, 7:00 pm122 ptsTrending
An international research expedition involving Cornell has uncovered new details as to why a 2011 earthquake northeast of Japan behaved so unusually as it lifted the seafloor and produced a tsunami that devastated coastal communities along with the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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