Dramatic video has captured a meteorite burning across the sky just hours after a huge 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck Japan sending a tsunami cascading inland and up a river. The footage shows a flaming object trailing across the evening sky while the ... ( read original story ...)
Where will the next mega earthquake hit? Curvy faults may be key
Embed Feed 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami: Time-lapse aerial footage shows rebuilding efforts five years on from disaster IBTimes UK Mega earthquakes have been linked to how curvy the fault is, with a flatter fault more likely to produce magnitude 9 or ... ( read original story ...)
Major B.C. earthquake could put ‘national economy in jeopardy’
The report comes a day after a large earthquake with an initial magnitude measured at 6.9 struck off the coast of Fukushima, Japan. It’s near where a 2011 earthquake and resulting tsunami killed thousands and led to a nuclear disaster. The Conference ... ( read original story ...)
Is an earthquake early-warning system possible for New Zealand?
Japan's arrangement, which cost more than $1 billion to build, includes an automatic earthquake location system based on hundreds of seismographs, along with pre-existing models of what tsunamis could be caused by 100,000 different earthquakes at 10,000 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan earthquakes and the Ring of Fire
The 6.9-magnitude earthquake last week off the coast of Fukushima, Japan, probably happened along the same fault that ruptured in 2011, unleashing a massive 9.0-magnitude temblor and resulting tsunami that caused widespread destruction. What makes this ... ( read original story ...)
Looking to Japan: The warning to Kiwis of an incoming tsunami threat could come via text or app
Why is our Civil Defence still not up to scratch? * As it happened: Japan's 7.4 quake If you live near the sea and you feel a long strong earthquake, you should head for the hills immediately. Not many people did this. The warnings about tsunamis after ... ( read original story ...)
Freak weather hits Japan after monster earthquake and tsunami
SNOW is falling in Tokyo for the first November in 54 years after Japan suffered a shock earthquake and tsunami. Astonishing video shows heaps of snow falling from the sky in Tokyo and settling on the city's streets. The Japanese capital usually sees a ... ( read original story ...)
Fukushima residents urged to flee as 7.4 magnitude quake hits Japan – video
An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 has hit northern Japan, the Japan Meteorological Agency says, in televised tsunami advisories issued for much of the nation’s northern Pacific coast. The epicentre of the earthquake, which was felt in Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)
Japan lifts tsunami warnings after strong quake
All tsunami warnings have been lifted in Japan, seven hours after a powerful offshore earthquake triggered a series of moderate tsunami waves. ( read original story ...)
Western Japan Jolted By 5.4 Magnitude Earthquake
Tokyo: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 shook western Japan on Saturday but there was no immediate reports of damage and a tsunami warning was not issued. The epicentre of the earthquake, which occurred at 11:48 a.m. (0248 GMT), was in ... ( read original story ...)
Should New Zealand have an earthquake warning system?
GeoNet seismologist John Ristau said in a live chat the revised magnitude of Monday's earthquake to 7.8, "has a significant effect on our probabilities since we now expect more larger aftershocks". In Japan, one of the most earthquake prone ... ( read original story ...)
Earthquake rumbles off Japan’s coast, but country escapes damage
An earthquake struck off the east coast of Japan early Saturday, but no deaths or damage resulted from the 6.2-magnitude tremor, officials said. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake hit 7.5 miles from Onagawa, near Sendai, at 6:42 a.m. The Japan ... ( read original story ...)
Magnitude 6.2 earthquake strikes off coast of Japan
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 struck off the coast of Japan, 65 kilometres east-northeast of the city of Sendai, at 6:43 a.m. on Saturday local time, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The Japan Meteorological Agency said no tsunami warning had been ... ( read original story ...)
Earthquake standards are on shaky ground
In 1952, the government devised a map of Japan that illustrated the perceived differences in earthquake frequency and force from one region to another. The most dangerous areas were the Kanto, Chubu, Kansai and eastern Tohoku regions. Other areas ... ( read original story ...)
B.C. announces first step in province-wide earthquake warning system
Her weekly segment, Science Smarts, answers viewers' science-related questions. Earthquake technology saves lives. Japan has it, the U.S is working on it, and now B.C. is beginning the process to get it in place — a province-wide earthquake early warning ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Earthquake Today 2016 Strikes Out to Sea
ST LOUIS (LALATE) – A Japan earthquake today 2016 has just struck out to sea. And the quake was followed by another quake moments thereafter. The Japan earthquake today November 1, 2016 hit late today. First, USGS indicates to news that a 5.2 magnitude ... ( read original story ...)