Japan estimates monster quake could kill 320,000

Tōkyō : Japan | Aug 29, 2012 at 4:51 AM PDT

Source: Channel NewsAsia

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Japan's government on Wednesday unveiled a worst-case disaster scenario that warned a monster earthquake in the Pacific Ocean could kill over 320,000 people, dwarfing last year's quake-tsunami disaster. Tokyo's casualty toll estimate was based on a catastrophic scenario in which a powerful undersea... FULL ARTICLE AT Channel NewsAsia

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