Govt. studying Sea of Japan quake possibilities

A government panel has begun studying how big an earthquake could occur in the Sea of Japan, and what coastal municipalities could do to avoid tsunami damage.

Seismologists and tsunami experts joined Tuesday's meeting organized by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.

Massive quakes accompanied by tsunami have occurred in the Sea of Japan off northern through central Japan.

In 1993, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake off southwestern Hokkaido triggered tsunami that devastated Okushiri Island and reached as far as western Japan and South Korea.
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