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The fierce earthquake was the largest in Chile since a 9. 5-magnitude "megaquake" stuck the southern city of Valdivia in 1960.

Christian Science Monitor | All Stories 2010

If that offshore location is, indeed, "stuck," and sufficient strain is accumulating there, it could be the recipe for another offshore megaquake—and one much closer to Tokyo.

Scientists Misjudged Quake Potential Gautam Naik 2011

A better understanding of that event could have suggested to scientists that another megaquake was possible.

Scientists Misjudged Quake Potential Gautam Naik 2011

Continued aftershocks following the 9.0-magnitude megaquake on March 11 have impeded work in stabilizing the Fukushima plant — the latest a 6.3-magnitude one Tuesday that prompted plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co., or TEPCO, to temporarily pull back workers.

Japan regulators raise severity of nuclear accident 2011

Scientists underestimated the seismic complexity of Japan's earthquake-prone area, and thus failed to predict the size and impact of the recent megaquake that hit the country, new research suggests.

Scientists Misjudged Quake Potential Gautam Naik 2011

Because the Nisqually quake occurred deep underground and miles from Seattle, it packed far less of a wallop than two other scenarios that have come before and will come again: a much more powerful "megaquake," where tectonic plates meet, or a shallow quake on the Seattle Fault.

The Seattle Times 2011

But Peter Yanev, an Orinda, Calif., structural engineer and earthquake consultant, upset many colleagues with an op-ed piece in The New York Times last year arguing that modern skyscrapers in Seattle could suffer severe damage or collapse in a megaquake.

The Seattle Times 2011

That Kobe quake surprised experts because there had not been a megaquake in the Kobe region in modern times, said Kathleen Tierney, director of the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado.

Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

But Seattle could have as much as five minutes' warning of a coastal megaquake such as the one that rocked Japan and unleashed a deadly tsunami, Vidale said.

The Seattle Times 2011

"Given the European sovereign debt crisis, geopolitical instability in oil producing nations, and continuing concerns about the global economy, the devastating megaquake and tsunami could not have come at a worse time both for the indebted Japanese economy and the global economy," analysts at GoldCore said in a note to clients Monday.

MarketWatch.com - Top Stories 2011