Tag: earthquake

Some 15,000 people died in March 2011 when three reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi plant suffered meltdowns after a magnitude 9 earthquake triggered a tsunami that devastated a swathe of Japan's northeastern coastline. Tepco has long been criticized for ... ( read original story ...)

Yet the downtown Los Angeles region got far less intense shaking from the same earthquake — intensity 6 or 7, where damage is negligible in buildings of good design and construction. Magnitude 9: A street in Ofunato, in Japan's Iwate prefecture ... ( read original story ...)

Japan tops the list of the earthquake prone areas. The country has a long history of witnessing disastrous earthquakes since it is situated on the Pacific 'Ring of fire'. On March 11, 2011, a deadly earthquake shook the country. It was also the costliest ... ( read original story ...)

In 1991, the country launched its earthquake early-warning system — the first in the world, and one that has been emulated by countries like Japan, Taiwan and Romania. With the advent of smartphones, these programs have become remarkably sophisticated ... ( read original story ...)

(Worthy News) - The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude-6.1 earthquake has hit off the coast of Japan. The agency's website says the temblor hit early Thursday about 283 kilometers (176 miles) southeast of the city of Kamaishi and more than 322 ... ( read original story ...)

Less than 24 hours after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake pummeled Mexico City, another tremor has struck off the east coast of Japan. The 6.1-magnitude quake struck roughly 175 miles east of the shuttered Fukushima nuclear plant — at roughly 2:30 a.m. local ... ( read original story ...)

AN earthquake has struck off the east coast of Japan — just 320 kilometres east of Fukushima nuclear plant. The tremor is said to have had a magnitude of 6.1, according to the US Geological Society (USGS). The American scientific agency, which tracks ... ( read original story ...)

AN earthquake has struck off the east coast of Japan - just 200 miles east of Fukushima nuclear plant. The tremor is said to have measured above 6.1 on the Richter scale, according to the US Geographical Society (USGS). An earthquake has struck off the ... ( read original story ...)

The Japan earthquake has registered 6.1 magnitude on the Richter scale. The US Geological Society (USGS) said it struck at a depth of 10km. It occurred 281 miles east of Kamaishi. The quake struck at around 2.27am local time (6.27pm BST). No tsunami ... ( read original story ...)

Which country has the most earthquakes? Japan has the most recorded earthquakes in the world as it sits on a highly active seismic area, but research by the US Geological Survey suggests the answer is not quite as straightforward as it may seem. ( read original story ...)

A powerful 6.2 magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of Japan near Fukushima. Details of the extent of the damage have not yet emerged regarding the quake which hit 281km South East of Kamaishi. A similar earthquake back in 2011 killed 15,894 ... ( read original story ...)

Many of the cities in northern Japan damaged by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami are building back their electric grids with renewable energy and micro-grids — bucking the nation’s old, centralized utility system by making communities in the region self ... ( read original story ...)

A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the JMA as M5.9 hit off the east coast of Honshu, Japan at 16:37 UTC on September 20, 2017 (01:37 JST, September 21). The agency is reporting a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). USGS is reporting M6.1 at a depth of ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO/HIGASHI MATSUSHIMA, JAPAN (Reuters) - A northern Japanese city’s efforts to rebuild its electric power system after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami mark a quiet shift away from the country’s old utility model toward self-reliant, local generation ... ( read original story ...)

This isn't likely to happen on the East Coast, but it could. This is an aerial view of damage to Sukuiso, Japan, a week after the earthquake and subsequent tsunami devastated the area in March, 2011. Credit: Dylan McCord. U.S. Navy On March 11, 2011, a ... ( read original story ...)

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.3 hit northern Japan on Friday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The epicenter of the 10:26 p.m. (1326 GMT) earthquake was in Akita Prefecture. “This earthquake poses no tsunami risk,” the agency ... ( read original story ...)