Japan: [311 Eastern Japan Earthquake]

Seven years have passed since the 311 Eastern Japan Earthquake. The Taiwan Red Cross has already completed its visit of reconstruction projects in Fukushima, Miyagi, and Iwate, areas hit hardest by the earthquake. As of this year, 62 public housing ... ( read original story ...)

Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Naze in Japan

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 132 km WSW of Naze, Japan (82 miles) on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 128.228 East, latitude ... ( read original story ...)

Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Namie in Japan

A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 130 km ESE of Namie, Japan (81 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 142.3841° East, 37.0864° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was reported at 08:55:29 / 8:55 am (local time epicenter). ( read original story ...)

Book about Japanese tsunami wins Rathbones Folio Prize

A book exploring the tragedy of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami of 2011 has won the Rathbones Folio Prize. Richard Lloyd Parry’s non-fiction work, Ghosts Of The Tsunami, is labelled the definitive book on the quake which killed more than 15,000 ... ( read original story ...)

Earthquakes strike Afghanistan, Pakistan

May 9 (UPI) --A magnitude-6.2 earthquake struck northern Afghanistan and a 5.1-magnitude ... its platforms related to the upcoming abortion referendum in Ireland. China, Japan, South Korea agree on 'complete denuclearization' 3 hours ago ago May 9 (UPI ... ( read original story ...)

Cheap Flights to Japan Force a JAL Course Change

Japan Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Note: Data series only dates back to March 2011. That month may have been unusually weak due to the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. ANA, however, has been busy consolidating — buying AirAsia ... ( read original story ...)

Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Ushiku in Japan

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Ushiku in Japan on Saturday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 74.78 km (46 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us1000dz7l. Ids that are ... ( read original story ...)

New HD Japan quake & tsunami risk model released by RMS

Catastrophe risk modelling and analytics specialist RMS has announced the launch of a new and updated high-definition risk model for Japanese earthquake and tsunami risks, which incorporates the latest seismic map data as well as learnings from the Tohoku ... ( read original story ...)

Light earthquake 4 mag, Hokkaido, Japan region

A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported Hokkaido, Japan region kilometers (0 miles) from Hokkaido, Japan region on Monday. Global time and date of event 09/04/18 / 2018-04-09 21:25:16 / April 9, 2018 @ 9:25 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was ... ( read original story ...)

Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Oyama in Japan

A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 156 km S of Oyama, Japan (97 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 321.42 km (200 miles). ( read original story ...)

Japan’s ‘Bosai Girls’ bring fashion to disaster relief

The earthquake on March 11, 2011, was the largest ever to hit Japan. A tsunami with 30-foot waves followed; nearly 20,000 people died, and 2,500 were never found. "Before 2011, I had never thought about disaster prevention deeply," Tanaka, 29, wrote in an ... ( read original story ...)