Tag: earthquake

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 struck off Japan’s Ogasawara Islands early Thursday, the country's meteorological agency reported. The agency said the quake occurred around 12:21 a.m. local time ... ( read original story ...)

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 struck early Thursday off the Ogasawara Islands, about 1,000 kilometers south of To ... ( read original story ...)

A new study provides a comprehensive look at the motions and frictional laws driving destructive thrust-fault earthquakes Simulating an earthquake on ... ( read original story ...)

While Japan is not known for wildfires, it does get more than its fair share of expressway-toppling earthquakes, nuclear-reactor-destroying tsunamis and airport-isolating typhoons. As such ... ( read original story ...)

Accidents have damaged perceptions of nuclear power, leading to fewer students studying nuclear energy at universities, the Cabinet Office-affiliated commission wrote. ( read original story ...)

The central government's exercise was based on the assumption that a magnitude 9.1 earthquake occurred at 7:10 a.m. off the coast of Wakayama Prefecture. ( read original story ...)

Japanese authorities staged a drill on Tuesday under the scenario of a major earthquake striking the country. September 1 is Disaster Prevention Day in Japan. This day commemorates the 1923 Great ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s prime minister Shinzo Abe arrives at his office in Tokyo on Monday. Abe announced on Saturday that he will resign, ending his record-breaking tenure in a bombshell development that kicks off a ... ( read original story ...)

The Olympic flame will be on public display at the Japan Olympic Museum in Tokyo, as of 1 September. The lantern was delivered during a special ceremony prepared by the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee ... ( read original story ...)

In 2019, urban exploration photographer Janine Pendleton went on a tour of Japan. She found a treasure trove of classic American iron. ( read original story ...)

Mr. Abe has been prime minister for nearly eight consecutive years, a significant feat in a country accustomed to high turnover in the top job. ( read original story ...)

Ambassador of the State of Qatar to Japan H E Hassan bin Mohammed Rafi Al Emadi paid an inspection tour to three facilities that were completed within the projects of the Qatar Friendship Fund (QFF) ... ( read original story ...)

Back in 2015, a prominent New Yorker article sounded the alarm on Cascadia’s tsunami and earthquake problem. The story by Kathryn Schulz, titled “ The Really Big One ,” reminded some about—and ... ( read original story ...)

HE the ambassador of Qatar to Japan, Hassan bin Mohamed Rafi al-Emadi, paid an inspection tour to three facilities that were completed as part of the projects of the Qatar Friendship Fund ... ( read original story ...)

THE EARTHQUAKE that has shaken Costa Rica has been described as a 5.3-magnitude tremor by the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre. ( read original story ...)

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted Izu Islands, Japan region at 10:31:23 GMT on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to ... ( read original story ...)