Digital tools launched in a Japanese smart city that can send disaster alerts to safeguard residents are part of an optional technology push aiming to overcome social and economic challenges, while also allaying privacy fears. ( read original story ...)
Powerful earthquake rattles northern Japan, tsunami advisory lifted after 3 hours
Northeastern Japan is prone to earthquakes, including a triple disaster of a quake, tsunami and a nuclear meltdown in Fukushima, just south of Iwate, in March 2011, that killed nearly 20,000 people, ... ( read original story ...)
Tsunami advisory issued as strong earthquake strikes off Japanese coast
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued a tsunami advisory for parts of the country’s eastern coastline on Sunday after an earthquake was detected in the Pacific Ocean. The agency and the U.S. ( read original story ...)
Tsunami advisory issued for Iwate following magnitude 6.7 quake
A tsunami advisory was issued for Iwate Prefecture following a magnitude 6.7 earthquake that struck off the coast on Sunday evening, measuring a 4 on Japan’s seismic intensity scale. Waves of up to 1 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan issues tsunami alert after 6.7-magnitude earthquake
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) warned that this seismic activity could generate a tsunami of up to one meter (three feet) high ... ( read original story ...)
6.7-magnitude earthquake triggers tsunami warning in Northern Japan
Tokyo: Japan issued a tsunami advisory Sunday after an offshore 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck a northern Pacific region. The quake struck around 5:03 pm (0803 GMT) in waters off Iwate, prompting the ... ( read original story ...)
Powerful earthquake strikes off the coast of Japan, tsunami advisory issued
TOKYO (AP) — Japan Meteorological Agency says a powerful earthquake occurred off the northern Japanese coast Sunday, and a tsunami advisory has been issued. The JMA said that the earthquake with a ... ( read original story ...)
Powerful earthquake: Japan hit with 6.7 magnitude quake; tsunami warning issued
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Japan issues tsunami warning after 6.7-magnitude earthquake; 1-metre waves may hit coastline
The earthquake, recorded at 5.03 pm, produced shaking equivalent to shindo 4 (Japanese seismic scale) in Morioka city and the town of Yahaba. ( read original story ...)
Japan issues tsunami advisory for Iwate prefecture in northern Japan, NHK says
Japan issued a tsunami advisory for Iwate prefecture in the north of the country on Sunday, public broadcaster NHK said, asking residents to stay away from coastal areas. ( read original story ...)
Strong quake shakes Hokkaido as authorities urge vigilance
The quake, with an estimated magnitude of 5.8, measured a lower 5, the fifth-highest level on the Japanese seismic intensity scale, in the city of Nemuro. ( read original story ...)
‘Thank you for coming back to us’: Six-year-old’s remains returned to family 14 years after Japan tsunami
Fourteen years and seven months after a tsunami triggered by the Great East Japan Earthquake swept her away, the family of six-year-old Natsuse Yamane ... ( read original story ...)
M7.4 earthquake hits near Mindanao, no threat of tsunami
The US Geological Survey says a magnitude 7.4 earthquake has struck near the southern Philippine island of Mindanao. Officials say there is no longer a threat of tsunami. ( read original story ...)
Human remains found in Japan identified as girl missing since 2011 earthquake and tsunami
The disaster killed 15,900 people, with 2,520 people still listed as missing as of the end of February, according to the National Police Agency. ( read original story ...)
Human remains found in Japan identified as girl missing since 2011 earthquake and tsunami that killed thousands
The disaster killed 15,900 people, with 2,520 people still listed as missing as of the end of February, according to the National Police Agency. ( read original story ...)
M7.4 earthquake hits near mindanao, Philippines
We have news just in. The US Geological Survey says a magnitude 7.4 earthquake has struck near the southern Philippine island of Mindanao. Officials are warning there is a tsunami threat. ( read original story ...)