By YU FUJINAMI/ Staff Writer
May 19, 2020 at 07:30 JST
Kazuomi Hirakawa points to layers of sand carried by tsunami (white signs) in the Taro district of Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, in August 2011. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
A shocking study that a massive earthquake could trigger tsunami nearly 30 meters high across Pacific coastal regions from Hokkaido in the far north to Chiba Prefecture in eastern Japan are based on deposits in geological formations caused by such catastrophic events in the distant past. [Read More]
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