Olympic torch relay began in Fukushima on Thursday, and is scheduled to make its way across Japan over a 121-day journey and culminate with the start of the Games in July. ( read original story ...)
NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center Yokosuka Reflects on 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake
Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) Yokosuka visited Defense Fuel Service Point (DFSP) Hachinohe to observe fuel terminal operations 10 years after it was ... ( read original story ...)
Tsunami hits Japan after strong 7.2 magnitude earthquake
Tsunami waves of up to one metre have hit the coast of Japan following a seismic earthquake. The 7.2 magnitude quake was felt in the country’s capital of Tokyo despite occurring 250 miles away of the ... ( read original story ...)
Strong Earthquake Shakes Japan’s Northeast
The 7.2-magnitude quake, which could be felt hundreds of miles away in Tokyo, briefly prompted a tsunami warning. ( read original story ...)
Tsunmai warning issued after massive 7.2-magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast of Japan
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck near the east coast of Honshu, Japan on Saturday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. ( read original story ...)
Magnitude 7.0 earthquake causes temporary blackouts and suspends trains in Japan
A strong earthquake off northern Japan has shaken buildings in Tokyo and triggered a tsunami advisory for a part of the country’s northern coast. No major damage was reported, but several people had ... ( read original story ...)
Japan rocked by massive 7.0-magnitude earthquake, triggering tsunami warning
A massive magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Japan’s northeastern coast, rattling residents across Tokyo and triggering a temporary tsunami warning on Saturday. ( read original story ...)
Earthquake of 7.0 magnitude hits Japan near devastating 2011 disaster epicenter
A 7.0 preliminary magnitude earthquake has struck Japan off the coast of Ishinomaki, a city located just 65 miles (104 km) from Fukushima, the site of a devastating 9.0 magnitude quake 10 years ago. ( read original story ...)
Japan hit by minor tsunami waves after magnitude 7.2 earthquake
Authorities issued a tsunami warning for Japan on Saturday after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck off the coast of Miyagi prefecture. Tsunami waves of up to 1 meter (3.2 feet) hit land shortly after ... ( read original story ...)
7.2 earthquake strikes Japan, tsunami alerts lifted
An earthquake struck northeastern Japan on Saturday, hitting areas devastated by the 2011 disaster, generating a tsunami of 1 metre and shaking buildings.The quake, with a magnitude of 7.2, hit the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan earthquake shakes bullet train station in Fukushima
An earthquake hit Japan today (Match 20) sparking tsunami warnings and shaking buildings. The magnitude 7 quake struck near the east coast of Honshu at 6:09pm local time, according to the United ... ( read original story ...)
Evolution of aseismic slip rate along plate boundary faults before and after megathrust earthquakes
The aseismic slip rate, which increases sharply immediately after a giant earthquake and then rapidly decays, increases again gradually toward the next event, according to observations of earthquakes ... ( read original story ...)
Presence of interplate channel layer controls of slip during and after the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake through the frictional characteristics
Although the large coseismic slip of the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake was limited to the middle segment, the observed negative residual gravity anomaly area in the southern segment corresponds to the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan court denies nuke plant restart over evacuation plan
A Japanese court on Thursday ruled that a nuclear power plant northeast of Tokyo should not restart because it lacks an adequate emergency plans to safely evacuate ... ( read original story ...)
Japan court denies resumption of Tokai Daini nuclear power plant: NHK
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Mito District Court ruled on Thursday that ... Operation of the plant in Ibaraki prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, has been suspended since a major earthquake in March 2011, ... ( read original story ...)
Tracking past earthquakes along the Japan Trench
The European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling (ECORD) and Institute for Marine-Earth Exploration and Engineering (MarE3) / Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) will joi ... ( read original story ...)