Tag: earthquake

A Japanese nuclear reactor which survived a massive 2011 earthquake and tsunami that badly damaged the nearby Fukushima nuclear power plant was restarted Tuesday for the first time since the disaster ... ( read original story ...)

Onagawa's reactor is number 13 out of 33 total reactors set to be brought back online since the natural disaster in 2011. ( read original story ...)

Political upheaval in Japan as its snap elections see the ruling party lose its majority, reshaping its ties with the US and Asia.  Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)

Japan has restarted a nuclear reactor at the Onagawa plant after a massive 2011 earthquake and tsunami led to damage at nearby Fukushima nuclear power plant. The No. 2 reactor was put back online Tuesday and is expected to start generating power in early November, ( read original story ...)

Residents, particularly those of islands close to the newly restarted plant, lament the limited options for escaping a disaster. ( read original story ...)

A nuclear reactor resumed operation Tuesday for the first time in northeastern Japan since the region was affected by the 2011 earth ( read original story ...)

The operator of a nuclear power plant in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, restarted one of its reactors on Tuesday, more than 13 years after it suffered damage in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster. ( read original story ...)

A powerful earthquake hit Noto, Japan, in 2024, taking scientists by surprise. The quake’s unexpected nature left communities and experts reeling as they scrambled to understand what went wrong with ... ( read original story ...)

A huge earthquake and tsunami will someday hit the Pacific Northwest. Predictions of the "Big One" are terrifying, and the government is not prepared. ( read original story ...)

The Japan Trench is a deep oceanic trench found to the east of Japan in the western part of the North Pacific Ocean. The trench is estimated to be 26,398 feet (8,046 meters) at its deepest. A team of ... ( read original story ...)

In a few days researchers from Australia will head back to the earthquake fault zone off the coast of Japan and send a drill nearly eight kilometres down through sea water and rock to find out if ... ( read original story ...)

Anchor] Everyone has experienced being surprised by the sound of "earthquake disaster text" and "beep~" sent by the Meteorological Agency when an earthquake ... ( read original story ...)

Only 27.7% of 379 local governments surveyed in Japan said they expected to have enough temporary restrooms for use by evacuees in the event ･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

A survey shows that the massive earthquake on New Year's Day and last month's torrential rain have dealt a double blow to about one in five smaller businesses in a city in the Noto Peninsula, central ... ( read original story ...)

In November 2023 Ishikawa Prefecture held a nuclear disaster drill, recalls science writer Takashi Soeda for the magazine Tsuhan Seikatsu (Sept-Oct). It supposed an earthquake of magnitude upper 6 ... ( read original story ...)

Researchers say this year's record poor catches of shrimp and crabs in Toyama Bay could be due to undersea landslides triggered by the powerful earthquake that struck central Japan on New Year's Day. ( read original story ...)