TY - JOUR
T1 - The size of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake need not have been a surprise
AU - Stein, Seth
AU - Okal, Emile A.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - 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 troubleit's what you know for sure that just ain't so." Many seismologistsand hence disaster plannersthought that such huge earthquakes could not occur on this subduction zone [Chang, 2011; Geller, 2011]. Great earthquakesmagnitude 8were expected and planned for. However, a giant magnitude 9 earthquake, which would release 30 times more energy, was not considered.
AB - 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 troubleit's what you know for sure that just ain't so." Many seismologistsand hence disaster plannersthought that such huge earthquakes could not occur on this subduction zone [Chang, 2011; Geller, 2011]. Great earthquakesmagnitude 8were expected and planned for. However, a giant magnitude 9 earthquake, which would release 30 times more energy, was not considered.
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U2 - 10.1029/2011EO270005
DO - 10.1029/2011EO270005
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79960283214
SN - 0096-3941
VL - 92
SP - 227
EP - 228
JO - Trans Amer Geophys Union
JF - Trans Amer Geophys Union
IS - 27
ER -