Tag: earthquake

Powerful offshore earthquakes can trigger devastating tsunamis like the ones that hit Fukushima, Japan in 2011, and Aceh province in 2004, but it is difficult to predict which quakes will cause such ... ( read original story ...)

Megafloats have seen use before, including in 2011 after the Great East Japan Earthquake, when they were successfully used to temporarily store low concentrations of polluted water generated by ... ( read original story ...)

The nation’s usual approach leaves little room for social-distancing, with each person allotted space for one straw tatami mat — about 1.6 square meters. ( read original story ...)

Japan natural disaster evacuation plans need an overhaul as the country heads into its rainy season, experts warned, saying crowded conditions could spark coronavirus clusters that grow into another ... ( read original story ...)

The earthquake causes a tsunami with 30-foot waves that damage several nuclear reactors in the area. It is the largest earthquake ever to hit Japan. Number of people killed and mi ... ( read original story ...)

The staff of the Mangamo app confirmed with ANN on Monday that the app will launch a manga based on the Japan Sinks: 2020 anime globally in English in early July. New chapters will debut weekly in ... ( read original story ...)

The Dehradun-based autonomous research institute under the Union science and technology ministry clarified that the vulnerability of a region can be understood from past seismicity, calculation of ... ( read original story ...)

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 jolted 44 km northeast of Yonakuni, Japan at 16:42:16 GMT on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 24.14 km, was initially ... ( read original story ...)

Netflix has an anime movie headed your way. Titled Japan Sinks: 2020, Devilman Crybaby director Masaaki Yuasa is adapting the classic Japanese disaster novel. The story follows a family trying to ... ( read original story ...)

EARTHQUAKES have been reported across the world on Wednesday, June 17, with a 3.4 magnitude quake reported in San Jose, California by the US Geological Survey (USGS). ( read original story ...)

Japan's exports and imports in May both posted the largest year-on-year drops in more than 10 years, reflecting rapidly weakened over ... ( read original story ...)

A magnitude 6.6 earthquake in the Ryukyu Islands of Japan did not generate a Pacific-wide tsunami, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. The quake occurred Saturday at 5:51 a.m., Hawaii ... ( read original story ...)

Three piercing blasts of an alarm, and then a woman's calm voice repeats one word: "earthquake". Will it be just a rumble? Or the highest level on the Japanese seismic intensity scale: Shindo 7? ( read original story ...)

In preparation for Netflix's upcoming Japan Sinks: 2020 series, here are 10 disaster anime worth checking out. ( read original story ...)

An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale struck off the coast of the Amamioshima Island in Japan's Kagoshima prefecture on Sunday, authorities said, adding that no tsunami warning was ... ( read original story ...)

A strong but deep 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of southwest Japan early Sunday, the US Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was issued. ( read original story ...)