URI Ocean Engineer: Underwater Landslide Doubled Size of 2011 Japanese Tsunami

Thursday, October 2, 2014 - 10:40 in Earth & Climate

An ocean engineer at the University of Rhode Island has found that a massive underwater landslide, not just the 9.0 earthquake, was responsible for triggering the deadly tsunami that struck Japan in March 2011.

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