Tag: earthquake

Low-frequency earthquakes are a particular class of slow earthquakes that provide a unique source of information on the physical processes along a subduction zone during the preparation of large ... ( read original story ...)

Among those who mourned victims of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes four years on were the parents of Hikaru Yamato, a 22-year-old student fr･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

Japan recorded its largest drop in foreign tourists ever in March following its imposition of expanded entry restrictions to contain the new coronavirus. Foreign visitors plummeted 93 percent from a ... ( read original story ...)

The Japan Tourism Agency estimates overseas visitors spent 672.7 billion yen, or about 6.3 billion dollars, from January to March while they were in the country. That is down 41.6 percent from the ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG, April 15 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 jolted 102 km ESE of Nago, Japan on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was ... ( read original story ...)

At more than 1,000 years old, the tree has lived through wars and famines, earthquakes and storms. One of the worst nuclear disasters in history took place in 2011 near this part of northeastern Japan ... ( read original story ...)

According to University of Utah Seismograph Stations the two largest aftershocks reached 4.6 on the moment magnitude scale, occurring at at 8:02 am and 1:12 pm on Wednesday, March 18. ( read original story ...)

As the world’s most populous city prepares to adopt emergency measures to contain the deadly coronavirus, Tokyo’s financial markets are about to find out how resilient they are to social distancing. ( read original story ...)

The Olympic Flame will be taken off public display in Fukushima after a state of emergency was declared for Tokyo and surrounding areas. ( read original story ...)

Before New Zealand began its four-week lockdown to fight the coronavirus, a reporter asked Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern what would happen if an earthquake struck ... ( read original story ...)

The Olympic flame will at the J-Village National Training Center in Fukushima. The public will have limited access to view the flame, and organizers hope to limit the crowd size because of ... ( read original story ...)

Slow slip earthquakes take place slowly over days to months ... Dr Barnes said the latest discovery was significant to countries like New Zealand, Japan and Costa Rica which sit on the Pacific Ring of ... ( read original story ...)

"The industry is facing a bigger crisis than it had after the Lehman crisis and the 2011 (earthquake, tsunami and nuclear) disaster which hit northern Japan," said Shiori Sakurai, business development ... ( read original story ...)

Even though we were in a location that was safe from avalanches, we felt very vulnerable as the mountains shook around us." ... ( read original story ...)

KYOTO -- Slow earthquakes, in which faults slip more slowly than standard earthquakes and do not cause ground shaking, may act as a barrier against major fault ruptures and curb massive damage ... ( read original story ...)

Mount Aso in Kyushu, Japan, is one of the largest active volcanoes in the world and has experienced major earthquakes and eruptions as recently as 2016. Researchers at Kyushu University's ... ( read original story ...)