Tag: earthquake

The ruling's effect as a precedent will be closely watched, media said. A massive tsunami set off by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake off Japan's northeastern coast on March 11, 2011 struck the Fukushima ... ( read original story ...)

Around 30 such lawsuits have been filed across Japan by people who had to evacuate from their home or whose lives were greatly impacted by the earthquake- and tsunami-triggered disaster. ( read original story ...)

Eleven years after the tsunami, residents are gradually returning to Fukushima and are even making wine. But the energy crisis is firing up the nuclear debate again. ( read original story ...)

... earthquake-prone regions on Earth as they try to improve earthquake prediction to add precious seconds to earthquake warning times. Japan is spoilt with mountainous landscapes and peaceful gardens ... ( read original story ...)

A common myth is that because Australia doesn’t lie on any tectonic plate boundary, the country isn’t at risk of earthquakes. However, while Australia certainly doesn’t experience tremors to the same ... ( read original story ...)

A 4.6 magnitude earthquake took place off the coast of B.C. on June 13, just over a week after a 5.1 magnitude one happened around the same area. There was no threat of a tsunami to B.C. from the ... ( read original story ...)

Mitsubishi and Japanese utility Kyushu Electric Power are teaming up to use more grid-scale storage, in order to reduce financial losses caused by curtailment. ( read original story ...)

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, as seen in March, has been a focal point for concerns over the Japanese government’s plan to dump contaminated water into the sea.The Tokyo Electri ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is scheduled to deliver a keynote speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on Friday. Before the curtain goes up, Japanese media reports have already sent a ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s Shimane Prefecture has approved a plan to restart unit 2 at Chugoku Electric Power Co.'s Shimane NPP in the prefectural capital of Matsue. The company is seeking to restart the 820MWe boiling ... ( read original story ...)

We are underway on our 48-day long expedition offshore of the west coast of Mexico near Acapulco, where the young Cocos oceanic plate dives beneath the North American plate. Most of this subduction ... ( read original story ...)

The government said Tuesday it will ask companies and households across Japan to save electricity due to a possible power crunch in ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government will help the Philippines avert road mishaps especially during natural calamities. The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Department of Public Works and ... ( read original story ...)

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted 142 km WNW of Naha, Japan at 07:03:35 GMT on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to ... ( read original story ...)

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted 142 km WNW of Naha, Japan at 07:03:35 GMT on Friday, the US Geological Survey said. ( read original story ...)

Therapy robots developed by a Japanese research institute have been donated to medical facilities in Poland that are caring for Ukrainian evacuees. ( read original story ...)