USGS dubs Japan earthquake 'Tohoku'

Thursday, March 17, 2011 - 01:30 in Earth & Climate

It is a shortened version of the name, Tohoku-Chiho Taiheiyo-Oki, Japanese officials have assigned the 9.0 earthquake.U.S. Geological Survey officials have chosen a name for the 9.0 temblor that struck Japan last week. They're calling it the Tohoku earthquake — shortened from the original name used in Japan.

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