March 11, 2011, 2:45 p.m., local time Japan, a day, an hour, a moment that saw what can be described as the worst natural disaster for Japan – An earthquake magnitude 9 ruptured the fault line that stretches 500 km along the northeastern coast of Japan. This earthquake was the fifth largest in the world, according to some reports by leading scientists. The earthquake was followed by a giant tsunami whose size was so overwhelming that the 18-foot tsunami walls near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant were literally "drowned" by waves which, according to some eyewitnesses horrified, were about 25 feet tall. The death toll is still not confirmed to this day, as is the number of missing people. The capital Tokyo witnessed undulating skyscrapers that were said to be built with “seismic safety” mechanisms. The paragraph above is by no means an adequate account of the destruction that took place on March 11, 2011, but it certainly gives an idea of ​​the scale of the destruction. destructive power of an earthquake. So it certainly makes sense to know about mega-earthquakes and their potential....