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Govt Panel Warns of Major Sea of Japan Quake;Probability Seen as 18% in Next 30 Years

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The Yomiuri Shimbun

15:45 JST, June 29, 2025

The government’s Earthquake Research Committee announced Friday that active submarine faults in the central to southern Sea of Japan off the coast from Hyogo to Toyama prefectures have a 16% to 18% probability of generating a magnitude-7 or larger earthquake within the next 30 years.

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