Tag: earthquake

Kansai Electric Power Co. on Friday rebooted its nearly 50-year-old No. 2 reactor at its Takahama nuclear plant in central J ... ( read original story ...)

The fires—which were foreseen and foretold by a contemporary seismologist—led to the first lessons in earthquake protection for schoolchildren in Japan after the earthquake. More recently, the history ... ( read original story ...)

Images shared on social media seem to show bright flashes of light streaking across the sky before a devastating earthquake hit the High Atlas mountains in eastern Morocco on Friday. ( read original story ...)

The story of the conflagration, not well-known outside of Japan, holds important lessons for earthquake scientists, emergency response teams and city planners, according to a new paper published in ... ( read original story ...)

Army troops and other rescuers rushed to save scores of trapped residents after two strong earthquakes in south-western Japan killed at least 41 people, injured about 1,500 and left hundreds of ... ( read original story ...)

Footage captured the mysterious phenomenon occurring before last week's quake in Morocco that killed thousands. ( read original story ...)

An earthquake swarm has hit close to Kagoshima Prefecture's Tokara Islands, with one location in the group's south registering more than 320 temblors between Sept. 8 and 12.The north of the island ... ( read original story ...)

The Japan Trench is located on the "Pacific Ring of Fire," a region of special interest in earthquake and deep-water research. ( read original story ...)

April 25, 2015: In Nepal, more than 8,800 people are killed by a magnitude 7.8 earthquake. — March 11, 2011: A magnitude 9.0 quake off the northeast coast of Japan triggers a tsunami, killing more ... ( read original story ...)

Earthquakes have frequently been occurring near the Tokara island chain in southwestern Japan since Friday. The Meteorological Agency is calling on residents to stay on the alert for possible strong ... ( read original story ...)

Over 2,000 people have died after a powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Morocco on Friday night. The epicenter was in a mountainous region near Marrakech. Follow here for live updates. ( read original story ...)

I will likely get a text alert before the next strong North Coast earthquake. The ShakeAlert system is based on detecting fault rupture in the first second or two AFTER it begins and relaying text ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO: Fishermen and residents of Fukushima and five other prefectures along Japan’s northeastern coast filed a lawsuit on Friday (Sep 8) demanding a halt to the ongoing release of treated ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese Red Cross Society’s Tokyo chapter has canceled an exhibition on the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake that featured survivors’ “testimonies” created using generative artificial intelligence, ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday he explained Japan's stance on the release of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear plant to Chinese Premier Li Qiang on the ... ( read original story ...)

Footage of buildings jolted by tremors has been shared in social media posts in the Philippines that falsely claim it shows an "11.9 magnitude earthquake" in the US state of California in August 2023. ( read original story ...)