Tag: earthquake

Japan will begin releasing 1.34 million tons of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant on Thursday. What caused this: The plant was struck by a 14-meter tsunami that ... ( read original story ...)

weather conditions permitting,” said Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, as reported by multiple online news sources. The contaminated water has been collecting in tanks in the Fukushima nuclear plant ever since an earthquake in 2011 caused water ... ( read original story ...)

— March 11, 2011: A magnitude 9.0 earthquake strikes off the coast of northeastern Japan, triggering a towering tsunami that smashed into the Fukushima nuclear plant, knocking out power and cooling systems and triggering meltdowns in three reactors. ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government says plans to discharge more than 1 million metric tons of treated radioactive water into the sea are vital to proceed with decommissioning the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. A large earthquake and tsunami damaged the plant in ... ( read original story ...)

The controversial decision was made at a ministerial meeting on Tuesday morning, as a significant amount of the water has accumulated at the site since the 2011 nuclear accident triggered by a devastating earthquake and ensuing tsunami, according to Japan ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is set to begin a decades-long process of pumping more than a million tonnes of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea. The 1.3 million cubic metres of ... ( read original story ...)

Since the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station was destroyed by a earthquake-generated tsunami on March 11, 2011, groundwater has been contaminated by coming into contact with the site. Japan's TEPCO has stored more than 1.3 million metric tons on the ... ( read original story ...)

After the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was heavily damaged by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011 — leading to three reactor meltdowns and the release of radioactive isotopes into the air — the Japanese government had to decide what to do ... ( read original story ...)

Fishermen have feared that the release of Fukushima’s nuclear waste may damage the industry’s reputation. In response, the Japanese government has vowed to support the industry. ( read original story ...)

A news photo exhibition on the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923 will open in Tokyo on Friday to remind Japanese people of the devastati ... ( read original story ...)

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Hokkaido in Japan on Friday, Reuters quoted German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) as ( read original story ...)

An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 struck the Hokkaido region in Japan on Friday at 5.44 am (local time), according to GFZ, a German Research Centre for Geosciences, reported news agency ANI. According to GFZ, ( read original story ...)

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 struck parts of Japan's Aomori prefecture in the northern part of Japan's main island of Honshu, the country's weather agency said on Friday. ( read original story ...)

An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 struck the Hokkaido region in Japan on Friday at 5.44 am (local time), according to GFZ, a German Research Centre for Geosciences. According to GFZ, a German Research Centre for Geosciences, ( read original story ...)

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Hokkaido in Japan on Friday, German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake's epicentre was 46 km (28.58 miles) below the Earth's surface, GFZ said. ( read original story ...)

Similarly, on Thursday, an earthquake of magnitude 5.2 jolted eastern Turkey, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. ( read original story ...)