It wasn't just water: The hidden force inside Japan's 2011 tsunami changed everything

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Apr 22, 2026, 11:40 am299 ptsTop
Mud-rich coastlines could face a greater tsunami risk, at least that may have been the case for the 2011 Tōhoku-oki tsunami that killed more than 19,000 people and led to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. According to a new study published in the Journal of the Geological Society, mud may have made the…

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