Although the large coseismic slip of the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake was limited to the middle segment, the observed negative residual gravity anomaly area in the southern segment corresponds to the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan court denies nuke plant restart over evacuation plan
A Japanese court on Thursday ruled that a nuclear power plant northeast of Tokyo should not restart because it lacks an adequate emergency plans to safely evacuate ... ( read original story ...)
Japan court denies resumption of Tokai Daini nuclear power plant: NHK
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Mito District Court ruled on Thursday that ... Operation of the plant in Ibaraki prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, has been suspended since a major earthquake in March 2011, ... ( read original story ...)
Tracking past earthquakes along the Japan Trench
The European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling (ECORD) and Institute for Marine-Earth Exploration and Engineering (MarE3) / Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) will joi ... ( read original story ...)
Ten years after the Fukushima disaster in Japan
Rather than lessons being learned, the true cause of the disaster is being papered over to protect the capitalist profit system. ( read original story ...)
Japan hit with magnitude 5.0 earthquake
Watch "Japan hit with magnitude 5.0 earthquake", a CBSN video on CBSNews.com. View more CBSN videos and watch CBSN, a live news stream featuring original CBS News reporting. ( read original story ...)
Magnitude 4.8 earthquake shakes buildings in Tokyo, no tsunami warning -NHK
An earthquake of preliminary magnitude of 4.8 struck in central Japan's Ibaraki prefecture north of Tokyo at 4:56 a.m. local time (1956 GMT), according to public broadcaster NHK, briefly shaking ... ( read original story ...)
‘Attack on Titan’ episode 14 delayed due to earthquake, will premiere right before episode 15 in Japan
The premiere of Sunday’s episode of “Attack on Titan” was delayed due to an earthquake in the city of Wakayama, Japan. Episode 14 of the show’s final season failed to air as the broadcast was ... ( read original story ...)
How we can use lessons learned from devastating Japan earthquake, tsunami to make SoCal safer
The Japanese earthquake and tsunami that devastated the island country 10 years ago is considered one of the most powerful natural disasters ever recorded. Since then, experts have studied the ... ( read original story ...)
Earthquake science takes great strides in the 10 years since massive quake hit Japan
Japan, resulting in a massive tsunami, killing nearly 16,000 people. But it also became the best studied large earthquake in history thanks to the number of instruments that captured the event in ... ( read original story ...)
Then and Now: The Scars of Japan’s 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami
It all started with an earthquake. At 2:46pm, the ground underneath Japan’s Tohoku residents convulsed for 3 minutes. The 9.0-magnitude earthquake, the strongest on record in Japan, triggered a ... ( read original story ...)
Decade after earthquake, Chinese heartwarming deeds still remembered in Japan
A Chinese volunteer (Center) communicates with local people after the charity performance in Kesennuma, Japan in November 2013. (Xinhua) "We give you our love to help you overcome the difficulties. ( read original story ...)
Fukushima: Japan mourns victims of earthquake and nuclear disaster 10 years on
TOKYO — An earthquake, a tsunami and a nuclear disaster. Japan on Thursday marked 10 years since a triple catastrophe crippled its northeastern region, killing thousands and leaving a trail of ... ( read original story ...)
‘Clear ramifications for NZ’: How Japan’s Tōhoku earthquake changed NZ’s earthquake research
It's been 10 years since a magnitude 9 earthquake struck off the coast of Japan, causing a devastating tsunami to slam the country's eastern coast, but could it happen in New Zealand? The most ... ( read original story ...)
Sirens Mark 10 Years Since Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan
Japan marked on March 11 the 10th anniversary of an earthquake and tsunami that killed more than 15,000 people, and triggered a nuclear meltdown in Fukushima.The video was shot at Tsuruga Castle in ... ( read original story ...)
Ten years on, Japan mourns victims of earthquake and Fukushima disaster
With a moment of silence, prayers and anti-nuclear protests, Japan on Thursday mourned about 20,000 victims of the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan 10 years ago, destroying towns and ... ( read original story ...)