Millions of Europeans and Asians at risk from 'deadly tremors in unmapped earthquake zones' | Mail Online

Millions of people in Europe, the Middle-East and Asia are at risk from deadly tremors which can strike out of the blue in unmapped earthquake zones, scientists warned last night.

Attention should be focused on these regions, which lie within the interior of continents, instead of well known earthquake 'hotspots', according to two leading experts.

They stress that 'interior zone' earthquakes kill far more people than those in recognised danger areas on continental edges such as Japan and California.

The destroyed port area of Kessenuma in north-eastern Japan. Scientists have warned that millions of people in Europe, the Middle-East and Asia are at risk from deadly tremors which can strike out of the blue in unmapped earthquake zones

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Millions of Europeans and Asians at risk from 'deadly tremors in unmapped earthquake zones' | Mail Online