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Magnitudes 7.1, 6.5, 6.7 in 4 days.
>>There is an 87 percent chance of a magnitude-8 quake striking the area southwest of Tokyo within 30 years, according to the Government Earthquake Research Institute.
>>Such a quake near Tokyo may cause as many as 9,200 deaths and economic damage of 37 trillion yen ($386 billion) in the world’s second-biggest economy, according to the Cabinet Office’s Web site.
>>A magnitude-8 earthquake would be 178 times more powerful than the 6.5 temblor three days ago, which damaged part of a four-lane expressway linking Tokyo and Nagoya, the country’s third-largest city.
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>>There is an 87 percent chance of a magnitude-8 quake striking the area southwest of Tokyo within 30 years, according to the Government Earthquake Research Institute.
>>Such a quake near Tokyo may cause as many as 9,200 deaths and economic damage of 37 trillion yen ($386 billion) in the world’s second-biggest economy, according to the Cabinet Office’s Web site.
>>A magnitude-8 earthquake would be 178 times more powerful than the 6.5 temblor three days ago, which damaged part of a four-lane expressway linking Tokyo and Nagoya, the country’s third-largest city.
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