The 1985 earthquake was labeled as a
mega-quake, which means it was caused by an extremely long fault.
Southern California's most recent
mega-quake was in 1857, also estimated to be magnitude 7.8, when the area was sparsely populated.
However, I am very glad we're updating our infrastructure, especially bridges, with the impending
mega-quake..."
While unlikely, the so-called "
mega-quake" could cost over $289 billion in repairs.
However, the
mega-quake they had been fearing may still be yet to happen, said Paul Earle, a seismologist at the U.S.
Regrettably, the general situation surrounding the EQ prediction remains essentially the same as before or is even worse after the 2011
Mega-quake. Seismologists lost confidence in general, so that their "Impossibility Myth" has become more "legitimate".
Explaining the new system, Takeshi Koizumi, a senior coordinator for international earthquake and tsunami information, described the technology aimed at increasing the speed and precision with which a tsunami can be predicted following a
mega-quake.
SEOUL - A South Korean national has died in the
mega-quake and tsunami in Japan, the first confirmed death of a South Korean in the disaster, Yonhap News Agency reported Monday, citing the South's foreign ministry.
Saturday's tremor unleashed 50 giga-tonnes of energy and broke up about 250 miles of fault zone.The epicentre was 140 miles north of the largest quake ever recorded - a magnitude 9.5 that killed 1,600 people in Chile and scores of others in the Pacific in 1960.And the force of the
mega-quake was felt as far away Brazil - 1,800 miles to the east although fears of a devastating tsunami across the Pacific receded yesterday.
The quake tore apart houses, bridges and highways, and Chileans near the epicentre were thrown from their beds by the force of the
mega-quake, which was felt as far away as Sao Paulo in Brazil - 1,800 miles to the east.
This
mega-quake has even been blamed for the eruption of the volcano Puyehue two days later.