During a January 4, 2005 Times magazine interview. The then President of The U.S. National Academy of Science - Dr.
Bruce M. Alberts solemnly pointed out:-
"After
a 2004 year-end earthquake in Indonesia, the Asia-Pacific plate is becoming
increasingly fragile, the earthquake and tsunami will be more and more
active in future. Especially in eastern Asia, the Japanese archipelago has been
subjected to a collapse in the ‘funnel’ on top."
“As we all know,
the world’s deepest sea trench – Mariana Trench (average depth of 8,000
meters from the nearest Japanese archipelago), due
to the Asian continental plate's push and the retreat of
the Pacific plate, is reaching a yearly 10cm speed pushing towards the northeast, the Pacific
– Japanese archipelago line expansion."
The 311 Fukushima earthquake in 2011 reminded scientists that the trench is further accelerating at
the junction of two plates, the Pacific and Asia. The Japanese
archipelago, if further encounters the same one or two undersea earthquakes as in
Indonesia 2004; it is likely in addition together with other southern Ryukyu Islands tremor, the Japanese Islands will then slip into a larger trench and are likely facing extinction!
Dr. Bruce
Alberts had suggested the Japanese government to set up a “drowned Warning Panel” in 2005 . He also suggested the Japanese government to be
"friendly" to the surrounding countries vis-a-vis China and South Korea for contingency help-plan of any "likely disaster".
It is now even interesting when a recent 7.3 measure earthquake strike happened near the same 311 Fukushima area on December 7, 2012 turned scientists' attention to the (1977 discovery of) Oyashio Paleoland（亲潮古大陆） - a sunken landmass 30-million years ago east of Japan. Oyashio Paleoland signifies a very "flat" landmass which was once above sea level and could even be a part of the Japanese archipelago in ancient era.
Will Japan doom ?
The high frequency of bizarre tectonic movements couple with very freakish weathers in recent years will again, make us bewildering - Ah, the winter solstice 2012 ?
