Experts weigh in on powerful quake, urge vigilance against bigger ones

Several experts have weighed in on the powerful earthquake Monday night that triggered some tsunami along the Pacific coast in Japan's northeast, urging vigilance against future temblors.Yoshihiro Hiramatsu, a professor at Kanazawa University and expert on earthquake studies, said the latest quake may be attributed to a tectonic plate that had yet to break during the massive, magnitude-9.0 quake that hit the same region in 2011."Judging from the depth of the quake's origin and the angle of the fault, it is believed to have occurred at the border area where the ocean-side plate sinks beneath…READ FULL ARTICLE