Tag: earthquake

A lurch in the Earth’s tectonic plates can wreak havoc at any time – as we’ve just seen in Vanuatu. How do scientists measure quakes, and are we doing enough to prepare? ( read original story ...)

It's nearly a year since an earthquake devastated parts of Japan's Noto Peninsula. Reconstruction is making progress, but many people's lives are still upended. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s biggest earthquake hit the country on March 11, 2011. The underwater quake hit around 80 miles off the coast of Honshu, Japan’s biggest island. Hundreds of aftershocks followed in the ensuing ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako have visited Wajima City in Ishikawa Prefecture to meet residents affected by September's torrential rains. The visit comes as the prefecture's Noto ... ( read original story ...)

A major, 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck in the Coral Sea on Tuesday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The quake created a tsunami threat for parts of Vanuatu, according to the U.S. ( read original story ...)

Tohoku is rebuilding its tourist economy after the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami. Here’s all the info you need to plan your visit—when to go, what to do, where to eat, and how to get around. ( read original story ...)

From a photogenic distance, Mount Fuji is a nearly perfect, usually snow-capped cone, protruding out of the Japanese island of Honshu and into the clear blue skies. But another view reveals the site ... ( read original story ...)

To save the lives and protect the health of survivors of the massive Noto Peninsula earthquake that hit central Japan on Jan. 1, 2024, a review of pos･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako will visit Wajima City in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, which suffered severe damage in a powerful earthquake on New Year's Day and torrential rain in ... ( read original story ...)

The imperial couple are concerned about those living on the Noto Peninsula hit by the two disasters, aides have said. ( read original story ...)

Last week, about 60 miles off the coast near Ferndale, California, the tectonic plates shifted under the Pacific Ocean, sending seismic waves through the ocean floor that radiated onto land and were ... ( read original story ...)

It's impossible to say when the series of seismic activities will end,' said the chairperson of the Earthquake Research Committee. ( read original story ...)

Mainly wooden debris from dismantled buildings was loaded on a ship at Nanao City on Tuesday. It is the prefecture's fourth municipality to use sea transport to remove debris from the Noto Peninsula ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Chugoku Electric Power Co. restarted the Shimane Nuclear Power Plant's reactor No. 2 in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, Kyodo News reported.It has been ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s 8.9-magnitude earthquake that set off a devastating tsunami in 2011, sending walls of water washing over coastal Japan, was very different. It occurred in what is called a subduction zone, where one of the Earth’s tectonic plates slid beneath another. ( read original story ...)

We have an earthquake emergency bag in our house, but we don't actually know what's in it, and in fact, we don't even remember where it is! But we eventually locate it and use the handy disaster preparedness guide that the government of Tokyo sent us to check and see if we have the necessities ...