An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0 struck Japan''s eastern prefecture of Ibaraki on Wednesday, with no tsunami warnings issued, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said. ( read original story ...)
5.0-magnitude quake jolts Japan’s Ibaraki prefecture: JMA
According to the JMA, the quake occurred at 5:40 p.m. local time at a depth of about 50 km in southern Ibaraki prefecture, measuring an upper 5 on Japan's seismic intensity scale which peaks at 7. The ... ( read original story ...)
BREAKING NEWS: Strong quake hits eastern Japan
The following is an earthquake alert issued by the Japan Meteorological Agency. Day and Time: Nov. 9, 2022, 5:40 p.m. Epicenter: In Ibaraki Prefecture. N 36.2, E 140.0 Depth: 50 kilometers Preliminary ... ( read original story ...)
From Nepal to China, the deadliest earthquakes that rocked the world
A 6.6-strong quake rattled Nepal, killing six people and injuring five others. It also brought up memories of the 2015 quake that is considered as one of the deadliest natural disasters across the wor ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese hero of Turkish earthquake remembered
Atsushi Miyazaki is being fondly remembered ahead of the anniversary of an earthquake in Türkiye that killed the young Japanese volunteer who was in ... ( read original story ...)
JMA quake early warning to cover shakes that affect high-rises
The Japan Meteorological Agency will begin issuing “earthquake early warnings,” starting Feb. 1, also to areas expected to undergo what is scientifically known as “long-period earthquake ... ( read original story ...)
Evacuation drill held in NE Japan on World Tsunami Awareness Day
About 1,000 residents of a coastal town in northeastern Japan took part in an evacuation drill on Saturday, which is designated as World Tsunami Awareness Day. ( read original story ...)
Municipal museum destroyed by 2011 disaster reopens in northeastern Japan
A municipal museum in northeastern Japan has been rebuilt and reopened to the public nearly 12 years after it was destroyed in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. ( read original story ...)
Yumi Asada on 20 years working in the ABC Tokyo bureau and covering 2011 earthquake, tsunami and Fukushima nuclear disaster
A quiet Friday and then the building started to sway. For producer Yumi Asada, this signalled the start of a devastating triple disaster and a news story she'd cover for more than a decade. ( read original story ...)
Japan and keeping to the 1.5°C temperature rise limit
The speech from Tuvalu’s foreign minister for COP26 delivered in knee-deep water to drive home the risks to his low-lying island nation also spoke to the wider catastrophic impacts of a rise in ... ( read original story ...)
Fishermen Fear Imminent Earthquake After Catching Rare Oarfish
Mexican fishermen are warning of imminent disaster after catching the "earthquake fish." The deep sea dwelling oarfish, or "earthquake fish", resides deep ... ( read original story ...)
Magnitude 5.9 earthquake strikes near east coast of Honshu, Japan -EMSC
An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck near the east coast of Honshu, Japan on Saturday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. ( read original story ...)
Here’s How Earthquakes Cause Tsunamis
The epicenter of the Tōhoku earthquake that occurred off the coast of Japan in 2011 and damaged the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant occurred in the relatively deep water of the Japan Trench. Yet ... ( read original story ...)
Bay Area earthquake came with early warning for 2.1 million ShakeAlert app users
Many residents were given several seconds' warning before shaking arrived from a magnitude 5.1 earthquake that struck east of San Jose this week. ( read original story ...)
2.1 million earthquake early warnings issued for Bay Area quake
Many residents were given several seconds' warning before shaking arrived from a magnitude 5.1 earthquake that struck east of San Jose this week. ( read original story ...)
Nuclear zombie town Fukushima reopens after earthquake caused radiation disaster
In 2011, a 9.0-magnitude earthquake caused tidal waves to smash into Fukushima, where they flooded the nuclear power plant's reactor cooling systems and triggered one of the world's worst ever nuclear ... ( read original story ...)