Japanese Government panel predicts earthquake of 9.0 magnitude

Japanese Government panel predicts earthquake of 9.0 magnitude, mega-earthquake and tsunami waves over 30-meter high

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According to the warning by a group of experts including scientists, tsunami waves as high as 30 meters’ could be triggered in northern Japan if an earthquake of magnitude 9 occurs along the sea trenches of the pacific coast as it has always happened several times in the past 6,000 years. The last one occurred in the 17th century.

A Japanese government panel has warned that a tsunami as high as 30 meters’ could crash in on Hokkaido  if an earthquake of magnitude 9 occurs. According to the report, waves nearly 90 feet high could reach the town of  Erimo . 

Earlier on Saturday (April 18) a strong earthquake shook a Japanese island chain in the Pacific Ocean south of Tokyo but passed off without damage as it occurred in the Pacific Ocean west of the Ogasawara island chain, at a location about 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) south of Tokyo, as per the Japan Meteorological Agency. According to local reports, around 1,000 tanks of wastewater are stored in the compound of the dilapidated Fukushima plant.