Scientists to study seabed hit by Japan quake launched a mission to the seabed off Japan where a massive

YOKOHAMA, Scientists on Thursday launched a mission to the seabed off Japan where a massive quake triggered last year’s devastating tsunami, to get their first proper look at the buckled ocean floor.

Researchers from Germany and Japan plan to send high-tech vehicles to probe the seabed up to 7,000 metres below the surface where the massive seismic shock hit last March.

“We want to deploy instruments on the sea floor and also map the area to see the large changes caused by the

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