Japan’s massive quake seen as sign of Pacific region’s future – Boston Globe

By John R. Ellement, Globe Staff
The massive earthquake that hit Japan today may signal that the Pacific Ocean region is entering a new phase of geological turmoil that potentially could last for decades and bring repeated waves of destruction along the shores of the world’s largest ocean, a specialist said this morning.
Seismologist John E. Ebel of Boston College’s Weston Observatory said today that Pacific Rim countries suffered major earthquakes between 1946 and 1964.
In geological

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