Abstract
The devastating 11 March 2011 magnitude 9.1 earthquake along the Tohoku
coast of northeastern Japan reminded seismologists again of the adage,
'It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble--it's what
you know for sure that just ain't so.' Many seismologists--and hence
disaster planners--thought that such huge earthquakes could not occur
on this subduction zone Chang, 2011; Geller, 2011. Great earthquakes--magnitude
8--were expected and planned for. However, a giant magnitude 9 earthquake,
which would release 30 times more energy, was not considered.
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