Japan Fears A Catastrophic Nankai Megathrust Earthquake Is Likely To Hit In Next 30 Years
Geologists do n’t have a crystal ball that can foresee succeeding temblor , but seismic specialists in the Nipponese government believe that the odds of a big one are creeping upwards . According to Japan ’s Earthquake Research Committee , there ’s an 80 percent chance that a megaquake could occur in the Nankai Trough within the next 30 years . That ’s slenderly up from the 70 to 80 percentage hazard that was put out last year ....