Tag: earthquake

The March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated north-east Japan and killed more than 20,000 people and its aftermath was still relatively fresh in many people’s minds, Ishizuka said. Millions ... ( read original story ...)

The first seven months of 2024 have been so eventful, it’s easy to forget that the year started off with a magnitude 7.5 earthquake centered beneath Japan’s Noto Peninsula on New Year's Day. The earth ... ( read original story ...)

Yuko was among them. Image credits: South China Morning Post As the Great East Japan Earthquake, the fourth most powerful ever recorded in history, hit the Oshika Peninsula of Tōhoku on March 11, 2011 ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- A total of 81% of respondents to a weekend Mainichi Shimbun opinion poll said they are concerned about a major earthquake after an advisory f ... ( read original story ...)

A major earthquake struck off the coast of Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan, on August 8. Although the industrial impact was relatively minor, the Japanese government warned that this event could trigger a ... ( read original story ...)

The 7.5- magnitude earthquake beneath Japan's Noto Peninsula on Jan. 1, 2024, occurred when a 'dual-initiation mechanism' applied enough energy from two different locations to break through a fault ... ( read original story ...)

Earthquake preparedness has drawn renewed attention in Indonesia in the wake of Japan’s megaquake alert earlier this month. ( read original story ...)

Korean-language text overlaid to it read: "2024.8.8 Japan earthquake. Precursor to the great Nankai earthquake." The post was shared days after the powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck Miyazaki ... ( read original story ...)

According to Japanese legends, seeing a "doomsday fish" is a sign of impending earthquakes and tsunamis. The doomsday fish is really just an oarfish. It is the longest bony fish in the world, growing ... ( read original story ...)

Social media users have shared a photo collage of damaged buildings and roads from previous earthquakes in Japan, falsely claiming the images show the impact of a 7.1-magnitude tremor that struck off ... ( read original story ...)

Japan issued a significant warning about the possibility of a mega quake. This alert, although later rescinded, highlighted a real and pressing concern about the potential for a massive earthquake. ( read original story ...)

An old video of people crouching under the tables in a bowling alley has resurfaced in social media posts that falsely linked it to the 7.1-magnitude earthquake that shook southern Japan in August ... ( read original story ...)

Months-old clips of cars and houses violently shaking during an earthquake have been misleadingly shared in social media posts alongside news of a 7.1-magnitude tremor off southern Japan in August ... ( read original story ...)

Last week, Japan sent out its first-ever megaquake warning following an earthquake of 7.1 magnitude on the Richter scale that occurred on the southern island of Kyushu. It wasn't the main concern, even though the shaking didn't produce much ramifications ... ( read original story ...)

A weeklong advisory for increased preparedness for a megaquake along the Nankai Trough off the coast of western to central Japan has been lifted. The ･･･ ( read original story ...)

Clips showing a huge tsunami that hit Japan in 2011 have been viewed tens of thousands of times with a false claim they were filmed after an earthquake rocked the East Asian country in August 2024. Japanese authorities said only minor waves were recorded following the quake on August 8 and no major damage was ...