# japan earthquake map

Japan tsunami virtually erases Natori off map » Once a thriving farm town, Natori is now basically deserted and full of debris from the tsunami's destructive path Cbsnews.com

Nuclear Fears Emerge After Quake, Tsunami In Japan » Safety concerns loomed at two neighboring nuclear power plants after a giant tsunami driven by one of the largest earthquakes on record swamped northern Japan's eastern coast Friday, leaving massive destruction in its wake. The final toll of the disaster is far from clear, but Japanese officials say at least a thousand people have died. Npr.org

Genesis of Intermediate‐Depth and Deep Intraslab Earthquakes beneath Japan Constrained by Seismic Tomography, Seismicity, and Thermal Modeling » Seismic model EARA2014 beneath Japan shows intermediate-depth and deep earthquakes occur in the top 60 km of the subducted Pacific Plate The lower plane of the double seismic zones at 100- to 380-k… Agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Earthquake Risk Rises For One-Third Of U.S. » A new federal earthquake map dials up the shaking hazard just a bit for about one-third of the United States and lowers it for one-tenth. Cbsnews.com