Tohoku-earthquake-aftershocks

red, yellow and green dots on map of Japan

During the first several years after the Tohoku mainshock, there were abundant aftershocks in the core and surrounding corona (left panel), but five years later, while the corona remained active, the core had all but shut down (middle panel). Whether the corona extends to Tokyo is uncertain, so is indicated by a light dashed contour (right panel).

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