Massive earthquakes hit 16 times in 7,000 years

Massive earthquakes hit 16 times in 7,000 years

KOCHI, Japan - Makoto Okamura (L), a professor at Kochi University, displays deposited substances collected from a pond in Kochi Prefecture's Tosa, on May 26, 2014, in Kochi City. Okamura said tsunami deposits prove that massive earthquakes have occurred at least 16 times in the past 7,000 years.

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