What if the quake that hit Tohoku 10 years ago happened along the Nankai Trough to the south of Japan? Well, experts are predicting this very scenario.

National / Science & Health | Remembering 3/11
Tectonic wobbles and muddy deposits: The seismic clues leading up to 3/11
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New research is allowing scientists to envision a future where megathrust quakes are not only less unexpected, but perhaps, to a certain degree, predictable.