Japan Earthquake & Tsunami
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Japan Tsunami Is First Tracked by Radar
By Live Science Staff published
Latest in a series of new discoveries about the devastating earthquake and tsunami.

Massive Japan Quake Even Rattled Upper Atmosphere
By Charles Q. Choi published
Link could provide early warning for tsunamis.

Japan Tsunami Broke Huge Icebergs Off Antarctica
By Live Science Staff published
NASA satellites captured images and video of event.
Japan Quake Released Hundreds of Years of Strain
By Brett Israel published
Japan Trench continues to slip, relieve strain.

Japan Quake Raises Shaking Risk Elsewhere in Country
By Live Science Staff published
Stress relieved on one fault and shifted to others.
Why the Japan Tsunami Was So Big
By Live Science Staff published
Japan's massive quake was a two-part rupture, researchers say.
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Mechanics of World's Largest Earthquakes Revealed
By Charles Q. Choi published
Subduction zone faults become 'locked,' then release huge amounts of stress.
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