Re: Japanese papers reveal huge quake

"Skywise" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> "George" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
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> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3247142.stm
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> > Scientists say old Japanese papers show a huge magnitude nine earthquake
> > struck north-western America 300 years ago.
> > The writings report damage from a five-metre-high tsunami that washed on
> > to the Japan coast on 26 January, 1700.
> <Snipola>
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> And this is NEW news? I'd have thought the BBC was more
> on top of things than that. Nothing in that news article
> is new to me anyway. I learned of this years ago and I'm
> no pro, just a quake junkie.
>
> Brian

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