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RMS, the leading global risk modeling and analytics firm, announced today the release of its new Japan Earthquake and Tsunami High Definition (HD) model. RMS has collaborated with local experts, scientific agencies and insurers to develop a model that ... ( read original story ...)

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 ...)

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 ...)

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 ...)

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 ...)

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Nemuro in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred ... ( read original story ...)

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Yonakuni in Japan on Tuesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/04/18 / 2018-04-23 17:10:30 / April 23, 2018 @ 5:10 pm. Unique identifier: us1000dqs6. ( read original story ...)

A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Naze in Japan. 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 24.75 km (15 ... ( read original story ...)

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Kushiro in Japan. Global time and date of event 20/04/18 / 2018-04-20 10:45:50 / April 20, 2018 @ 10:45 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 144 ... ( read original story ...)

Yasumi Okano’s perception of the power structures in Japan changed after the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami, and the accidents at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant on the coast of the Tōhoku region. “Before the earthquake ... ( read original story ...)

A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes near the east coast of Honshu, Japan kilometers (0 miles) from Honshu in Japan on Thursday. The temblor was reported at 11:38:27 / 11:38 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000dnk9. Ids that are ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, April 21 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 struck off the coast of Chiba prefecture, eastern Japan, on Saturday, Japan Meteorological Agency said. The temblor occurred at 6:47 p.m. local time, with the epicenter at a ... ( read original story ...)

Susan Rose, Berkeley “I wonder what California can learn from that most earthquake-prone nation — Japan. What has been the experience of the engineers in Tokyo? What’s their engineering and skyscraper codes like?” — Luboman411, New York City ... ( read original story ...)

On March 11, 2011, eastern Japan was struck by a massive earthquake. The damage wrought by the earthquake was extensive due to a compounding of three factors: the earthquake itself, the ensuing tsunami and the nuclear disaster. In addition to the efforts ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO-- A strong earthquake hit western Japan early Monday, cracking streets, cutting water and power to a number of homes and injuring five people. The Meteorological Agency said the magnitude 6.1 quake struck 7 miles underground near Ohda city, about 480 ... ( read original story ...)

Popular Japanese rock band RADWIMPS released a new song over the weekend, and it’s an emotional one. “Sora Mado” isn’t just one of the first new numbers from the band in a post Your Name world, but also a reflection on the worst disaster in modern ... ( read original story ...)