Tag: earthquake

A strong earthquake struck the Noto region on the Sea of Japan coast in central Japan around 3:08 p.m. on Sunday. ( read original story ...)

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck central Japan. Officials say there is no tsunami threat. It registered lower 6 on Japan's seismic intensity scale of zero to 7 at Suzu city, Ishikawa prefecture. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s government would not have been able to prevent the nuclear accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in 2011 because the Great East Japan Earthquake triggered a tsunami of a scale ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the government was not liable for the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis, dismissing thousands of evacuees' demands that the state, not just the utility company, ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO >> Japan’s Supreme Court ruled Friday that the government is not liable for the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis, dismissing thousands of evacuees’ demands that the state, not just the utility, pay ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s Supreme Court has ruled the government is not liable for the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis, dismissing thousands of evacuees’ demands that the state, not just the utility, pay compensation for ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO: Japan’s government is not liable for damages demanded by people whose lives were devastated by the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the country’s top court said. ( read original story ...)

Japan's government is not liable for damages demanded by people whose lives were devastated by the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the country's top court said on Friday, the first such ruling in a series ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's government is not liable for damages demanded by people whose lives were devastated by the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the country's top court rules. ( read original story ...)

The ruling's effect as a precedent will be closely watched, media said. A massive tsunami set off by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake off Japan's northeastern coast on March 11, 2011 struck the Fukushima ... ( read original story ...)

Around 30 such lawsuits have been filed across Japan by people who had to evacuate from their home or whose lives were greatly impacted by the earthquake- and tsunami-triggered disaster. ( read original story ...)

Eleven years after the tsunami, residents are gradually returning to Fukushima and are even making wine. But the energy crisis is firing up the nuclear debate again. ( read original story ...)

... earthquake-prone regions on Earth as they try to improve earthquake prediction to add precious seconds to earthquake warning times. Japan is spoilt with mountainous landscapes and peaceful gardens ... ( read original story ...)

A common myth is that because Australia doesn’t lie on any tectonic plate boundary, the country isn’t at risk of earthquakes. However, while Australia certainly doesn’t experience tremors to the same ... ( read original story ...)

A 4.6 magnitude earthquake took place off the coast of B.C. on June 13, just over a week after a 5.1 magnitude one happened around the same area. There was no threat of a tsunami to B.C. from the ... ( read original story ...)

Mitsubishi and Japanese utility Kyushu Electric Power are teaming up to use more grid-scale storage, in order to reduce financial losses caused by curtailment. ( read original story ...)