Japan’s record-breaking earthquake in named
The US Geological Survey (USGS) has come up with an official name for last week's earthquake – the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake. Tohoku is the northern part of the Japanese island of Honshu, the area most affected by the quake. We hear from USGS geologist Brian Atwater.
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