Tag: earthquake

Japan's new earthquake-sensing nervous system spans ocean fault zones, boosting tsunami warnings by up to 20 minutes and helping prevent disasters like the 2011 catastrophe. The post ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is facing a seismic crisis. Over 1,700 earthquakes have rocked the Tokara Islands, triggering evacuations and raising fears of an even greater disaster. With an 80% chance of a magnitude-9 quake ... ( read original story ...)

The Japan branch of HDI Global SE, part of Germany-based insurer Talanx AG, in collaboration with Descartes Underwriting, the parametric risk transfer ... ( read original story ...)

Authorities are warning of more earthquakes around the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. 1,900 tremors perceptible to humans have hit the region in recent weeks. ( read original story ...)

Japan has completed the world’s most advanced undersea earthquake and tsunami detection system—3,500+ miles of fiber-optic cables linking 186 observatories across the ocean floor. It’s designed to ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government on July 1 approved significant upgrades to the plan to safeguard the public in the event of a major earthquake off southern Japan and to respond in the event that disaster does ... ( read original story ...)

School principal Yoshiro Tobo is one of the few people left on his remote Japanese island, where the earth is constantly shaking from earthquakes, having chosen to stay behind while his family fled to ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has developed an undersea warning system that can detect earthquakes 20 seconds before they reach land, significantly enhancing its disaster preparedness. ( read original story ...)

Earthquakes can’t be predicted. But a manga artist’s dream of a July 5 'megaquake' has spooked some residents and travelers. ( read original story ...)

A decades-old manga is stirring unease across East Asia, as a reissued volume predicts a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami will strike Japan on 5 July 2025. Watashi ga Mita Mirai ('The Future I Saw' ... ( read original story ...)

An island chain in southwest Japan was shaken by an earthquake on Thursday after over 1,000 tremors throughout two weeks. ( read original story ...)

A REMOTE island chain has been rocked by more than 900 terrifying earthquakes in two weeks – forcing its residents to stay up all night. Tokara island chain in the south of Japan – a ... ( read original story ...)

More than 900 earthquakes have struck Japan’s remote Tokara islands in just two weeks, keeping residents on edge and prompting fears of a larger disaster, officials have confirmed. ( read original story ...)

Residents of Tokara village in Japan have reported severe disruption to their daily lives due to the repeated earthquakes. ( read original story ...)

Ryo Tatsuki, who has earned a reputation as 'Japan's Baba Vanga', has apparently seen one of her most chilling predictions come true today, while tourists have been left too spooked to book flights ... ( read original story ...)

More than 900 earthquakes have shaken a remote and sparsely populated island chain in southern Japan over two weeks, keeping residents anxious and awake all night. Seismic activity has been "very ... ( read original story ...)