Tag: earthquake

COLUMBUS (WCMH) — The magnitude-9.0 earthquake and subsequent 40-foot tsunami that devastated parts of Japan on March 11, 2011, killing 16,000 people, was foreshadowed by a series of ... ( read original story ...)

The designer wants the Japanese government to have a stock of easily assembled structures ready to be used in case a disaster strikes ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Pritzker Award-winning architect Shigeru Ban, famous for designing buildings from paper tubes in disaster areas, says the world needs to think about tackling natural catastrophes in the ... ( read original story ...)

Indonesia has been hit by a powerful 5.7 magnitude earthquake. The quake struck in the Bali Sea, and although hundreds of kilometres away from the epicentre of the earthquake, the shock was felt as ... ( read original story ...)

Scientists from Cardiff University have discovered specific conditions that occur along the ocean floor where two tectonic plates are more likely to slowly creep past one another as opposed to ... ( read original story ...)

A 5.3-magnitude earthquake struck Ibaraki Prefecture in Japan early Monday, the country's meteorological agency reported. According to a statement, the epicenter of the quake was in the eastern part ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has been hit by an earthquake around 16km southwest of Toyoshina, Nagano, Japan. The earthquake struck at 10:05:17 (UTC) at a depth of around 10km according to USGS. The quake hit just after 7pm ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese factory output fell in April the most since the 2011 tsunami and retail sales plunged as the coronavirus froze demand at home and abroad and the recession deepened. ( read original story ...)

The original disaster sci-fi novel begins when a series of natural disasters hit Japan. Massive tectonic shifts cause volcanic eruptions from remote Japanese islands, triggering earthquakes, and ... ( read original story ...)

Australian Grace is a six-part comic about moving to Japan and discovering what it really means to call somewhere home. This is episode three. Jump back to the beginning here. ABC Life helps you ... ( read original story ...)

Most of us have lived through a disaster or crisis, so have some understanding of how to cope and stay resilient. But no one is immune to the effects of stress and pressure, and the coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)

Soil behavior is studied during the Tohoku earthquake, where abnormally high accelerations > 1 g were recorded. Based on vertical array records, models of soil behavior are constr ... ( read original story ...)

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted 167 km SE of Katsuura, Japan at 05:57:58 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially ... ( read original story ...)

One year has passed since a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Mexico City, toppling 40 buildings and killing over 300, but the memory remains fresh. Condemned structures dot many neighborhoods, their ... ( read original story ...)

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was live on television when a 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck near Wellington. ( read original story ...)

Efforts to educate people about events during and after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami are in trouble from the spread of the novel corona ... ( read original story ...)