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The Japanese also thought a very large magnitude earthquake couldn't happen in the tohoku region. Never say never.
by mnky9800n 6y ago
The Japanese also thought a very large magnitude earthquake couldn't happen in the tohoku region. Never say never.
- ekianjo 6y agoAlso Kobe was declared as a safe city before 1995, where earthquakes don't happen. They were badly surprised when the Great Hanshin earthquake hit.
- fomine3 6y agoThe earthquake was not expected well but not thought as couldn't happen.
- mnky9800n 6y agoNo the seismic hazard models were not designed to account for a rupture across all the zones. The earthquake was not anticipated. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0040195112003721 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S00401...
- fomine3 6y agoNot anticipated but it not means thought as couldn't happen. Most earthquakes are not well anticipated. I also doubt whether the model useful.