Before revision: JFAST gathered important data about the rupture mechanism and physical properties of the fault that caused the huge earthquake and tsuanmi which devastated much of northeast Japan.Smithsonian.com Fault that Caused Japan's 2011 Earthquake is Thin and Slippery, Dec. 5, 2013Christian Science Monitor Japan's monster quake: Do scientists have key to decode future tremblors?, Dec. 6, 2013 Background The 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake (2011 Tohoku earthquake) on March 11 with moment magnitude 9.0, was the largest in Japan's long historyof destructive seismic events and severely damaged regions of northeast Honshu, with many deaths ( over 15,000 ) and great economic losses ( US 200 to 300 billion ) .Zhang, Top 5 Most Expensive Natural Disasters in History, AccuWeather.com, Mar.
After revision: JFAST gathered important data about the rupture mechanism and physical properties of the fault that caused the huge earthquake and tsuanmi which devastated much of northeast Japan.Smithsonian.com Fault that Caused Japan's 2011 Earthquake is Thin and Slippery, Dec. 5, 2013Christian Science Monitor Japan's monster quake: Do scientists have key to decode future tremblors?, Dec. 6, 2013 Background The 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake , with a moment magnitude of 9.0, was the largest in Japan's history, and severely damaged regions of northeast Honshu, with many deaths ( over 15,000 deaths and economic losses of US 200 to 300 billion .Zhang, Top 5 Most Expensive Natural Disasters in History, AccuWeather.com, Mar.