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This produces a big earthquake, and the ocean floor may jump up or down like a released spring. That motion transfers to the overlying water, creating a surface wave. The 2011 Japan tsunami was a surprise, because it came partly on a "creeping" segment of ... ( read original story ...)

Fortunately, a team of Japanese engineers has the solution. Strangest of all, the story of this dessert development began with the massive tsunamis and earthquakes that struck Japan six years ago. The Biotherapy Development Research Center in the Japanese ... ( read original story ...)

The initiative was part of efforts by the company to help strawberry farmers affected by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami. The chef realised the cream would solidify when put in contact with the strawberry extract. Although this made the ... ( read original story ...)

There, a portion of hillside fell about a kilometre to the ocean below, triggering a tsunami that reached a height of over 90 meters — almost as high as London’s Big Ben (96 meters), and well above the runup of the 2011 tsunami in Japan. The tsunami ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.5 hit the Tokyo area on Thursday but no tsunami warning was issued, Japan's Meteorological Agency said. The quake was centred in southern Ibaraki prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, according to the agency. ( read original story ...)

Attitudes in Japan, South Korea and China toward the threat vary, but likely reflect a sangfroid partly born of living with the legacy of the Cold War and ever present risks of huge earthquakes and other natural disasters. Many Japanese have mixed feelings ... ( read original story ...)

Also helping Sony's bottom line was the absence of the damage it suffered from the April 2016 earthquake in southwestern Japan that shut down its semiconductor plant, and gains from insurance recoveries related to that quake, it said. Sony was long an ... ( read original story ...)

This produces a big earthquake, and the ocean floor may jump up or down like a released spring. That motion transfers to the overlying water, creating a surface wave. The 2011 Japan tsunami was a surprise, because it came partly on a "creeping" segment of ... ( read original story ...)

Attitudes in Japan, South Korea and China toward the threat vary, but likely reflect a sangfroid partly born of living with the legacy of the Cold War and ever present risks of huge earthquakes and other natural disasters. Many Japanese have mixed feelings ... ( read original story ...)

ST LOUIS (LALATE) – A Japan earthquake today August 1, 2017 has just stroke north east of Tokyo. The earthquake began on land moments ago. Damage assessment is pending. USGS indicates to news that a 4.8 magnitude Japan earthquake today started 51 km ... ( read original story ...)

THEY might look like something out of a kid’s TV show but these bizarre foam houses are actually built to withstand earthquakes. Kumamoto in Japan was ripped apart by a magnitude 7.0 quake last year that caused many homes to collapse. But the bright ... ( read original story ...)

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Kitaibaraki in Japan on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 140.6733° East ... ( read original story ...)

A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Ishige in Japan on Wednesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 50.51 km (31 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or ... ( read original story ...)

The Tohoku region, Northeast Japan, was hit by a gigantic earthquake which occurred in the Pacific close to Tohoku, and subsequently by a giant tsunami. These hazards have caused huge damage on the eastern coast Japan. The earthquake’s magnitude was 9.0 ... ( read original story ...)

In 2011, a megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan produced a huge tsunami that killed over 15,000 people. The 9.0 magnitude earthquake was so big it shifted Earth’s axis and moved the coast of Honshu, Japan’s main island, by eight feet. ( read original story ...)

A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, Bonin Islands, Japan region (0 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 139.6752 East, latitude 28.6857 North, depth = 458.55 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 458.55 km ... ( read original story ...)