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The Kumamoto earthquake may have been a "complex earthquake" that triggered a chain reaction from the destruction of an unknown small fault to another fault... analyzed by Professor Yuji Yagi of Tsukuba University.

The Kumamoto earthquake may have been a "complex earthquake" that triggered a chain reaction from the destruction of an unknown small fault to another fault... analyzed by Professor Yuji Yagi of Tsukuba University.

The Kumamoto earthquake on July 28 started with the destruction of an unknown small fault and possibly occurred as it linked to the main fault that caused the major destruction four seconds later, according to Professor Yuji Yagi (seismology) of Tsukuba University.

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7月がつ28日かの熊本地震くまもとじしんは、未知みちの小ちいさな断層だんそうの破壊はかいから始はじまり、4秒びょう後ごに主おもな破壊はかいを起おこした断層だんそうに連鎖れんさして発生はっせいした可能性かのうせいがあると、筑波つくば大だいの八木やぎ勇治ゆうじ教授きょうじゅ(地震学じしんがく)が分析ぶんせきした。

The Kumamoto earthquake on July 28 started with the destruction of an unknown small fault and possibly occurred as it linked to the main fault that caused the major destruction four seconds later, according to Professor Yuji Yagi (seismology) of Tsukuba University.

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