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Tokyo Bay at risk to tsunami

Aug 07, 2016
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On December 31st, 1703 an 8.2 magnitude earthquake along the Sagami Trough triggered a tsunami that rippled towards Japan’s then capital, Edo. Six thousand five hundred people are thought to have drowned, with another 4,000 lives lost to fire and shaking. How at risk is Tokyo Bay from future tsunami? The issue is of importance if not only because active…

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