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The seismic waves from the Great East Japan Earthquake reflected in the Earth's deep interior, moving the Japanese archipelago by 5 millimeters.

The seismic waves from the Great East Japan Earthquake reflected in the Earth's deep interior, moving the Japanese archipelago by 5 millimeters.

A research team from the University of Chicago and others announced on the 18th in the American scientific journal Science that the seismic waves generated by the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011 bounced back from the Earth's core and returned to the surface, displacing the ground eastward by up to 56 millimeters across almost all of Japan.

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2011年ねんの東日本大震災ひがしにほんだいしんさいで発生はっせいした地震波じしんはが地球ちきゅうの核(かくコア)に跳はね返かえって地表ちひょうに戻もどり、日本にっぽん列島れっとうのほぼ全域ぜんいきで地盤じばんを東向ひがしむきに最大さいだい56ミリ動うごかしていたとの分析ぶんせき結果けっかを、米べいシカゴ大だいなどの研究けんきゅうチームが18日にち付つけの米べい科学かがく誌しサイエンスに発表はっぴょうした。

A research team from the University of Chicago and others announced on the 18th in the American scientific journal Science that the seismic waves generated by the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011 bounced back from the Earth's core and returned to the surface, displacing the ground eastward by up to 56 millimeters across almost all of Japan.

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