Previously, Japanese authorities had estimated that the megaquake could cause damages worth $1.4 trillion. A megaquake is an ...

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In the worst-case scenario, the disaster could cause damages reaching $1.83 trillion, destroy 2.35 million buildings, and ...

The Japanese government estimates that there is a 70-80 percent chance of a megaquake occurring within 30 years.

The figure is revised from previous projections of 323,000 deaths, but economic damage is estimated to increase to US$2 trillion.

Financial Times - Japan’s long-dreaded “big one” earthquake could ... that could be wrought by a magnitude 9 quake in a 900km-long ocean trench where tectonic plates intersect that is known as the ...

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The quake would flood and upend major sections of a West Coast that is far less earthquake-ready than Japan. Both tsunamis ... has prompted fears of major tectonic plate activation.