41 year old paleoseismologist Masanobu Shishikura was expecting the recent tsunami in Japan.   His studies of ancient earth layers persuaded him that every 450 to 800 years, colliding plates in the Pacific have triggered waves that devastated areas around Sendai, in Miyagi Prefecture, as well as in Fukushima Prefecture.  He belives this will occur again in the relatively near future.

Read more here:  http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052748704101604576248722573203608-lMyQjAxMTAxMDEwMTExNDEyWj.html

Thanks to WRP for bringing this to the attention of the It’s Interesting community.