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(c) 2017, The Japan News/Yomiuri. TOKYO - Japan’s Headquarters for Earthquake Research Promotion newly added 16 faults to a list of major active fault zones in which a magnitude-7 or larger earthquake could occur. As a result, the total number of major ... ( read original story ...)

... States Geological Survey’s National Earthquake Information Center has reported a 5.5-magnitude earthquake near the east coast of Honshu, Japan. The report came in at 2:04 p.m. today, Hawai‘i time. Location with respect to nearby cities: 54 miles ... ( read original story ...)

February 21, 2017 - A four-year study of survivors of the 2011 Japan earthquake has found that a remote monitoring platform conforming to Continua standards can reduce cardiac stress and improve long-term patient monitoring. "Study authors concluded that D ... ( read original story ...)

A chubby black bear is helping reconstruction efforts in an earthquake-affected region of Japan by earning a record amount through the sales of associated products. Items featuring Kumamon, the red-cheeked mascot of southern Kumamoto Prefecture ... ( read original story ...)

To estimate local stress field, geologists collect on-fault slip direction (striation) and fault geometry at outcrops, whereas seismologists compile focal mechanisms of earthquakes occurred at depth. Stress tensor inversion, which is a pervasive ... ( read original story ...)

At 05:forty six GMT (fourteen:forty six in Japan) on march eleven 2011, a large earthquake, 8.9 on the Richter scale, unleashes a massive tsunami which crashes as a result of Japan’s jap coastline, sweeping buildings, boats, vehicles and persons miles ... ( read original story ...)

which fast became popular with Japan’s affluent locals and foreign residents. JH Morgan was commissioned by Emperor Meiji to construct the elaborate, wooden structures. Despite the Great Kanto earthquake striking the area in 1923, the building remained ... ( read original story ...)

including the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami off Japan. Forty-metre waves devastated the coast and roared up to 10 kilometres inland, wrecking a nuclear-power facility. Almost 16,000 people died. ( read original story ...)

A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Shizukuishi in Japan. Id of earthquake: us10007vxv. Event ids that are associated: us10007vxv. The temblor was reported at 22:40:29 / 10:40 pm (local time ... ( read original story ...)

He has documented a wide variety of events and subjects, from traditional fishing practices in Indonesia to the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011. When he boarded a flight for Kathmandu in the aftermath of the Nepal quake he brought experience as well as ... ( read original story ...)

Studies have found a 60 per cent chance of a magnitude 7.0 earthquake or higher in Istanbul by 2030. One of the most at-risk areas for future earthquakes is Japan. As the name ominously suggests, the country is perched on the Pacific ‘Ring of Fire’. ( read original story ...)

Like anyone who lives in Japan, or has a close connection with the country, March 11, 2011, is imprinted in my memory. I was in Paris to attend a Renault management conference. I received an email early in the morning with two foreboding sentences: "Big ... ( read original story ...)

KOCHI PREFECTURE, JAPAN // In 2011 a magnitude 9 earthquake caused a huge tsunami that slammed into Japan’s Honshu Island, devastating the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and killing tens of thousands of people. The costs related to the atomic ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has commemorated the 22nd anniversary of the devastating earthquake that left 6,434 people dead in the city of Kobe and several locations in the centre of the country in 1995. Relatives of the deceased and survivors of the earthquake, considered one ... ( read original story ...)

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Hasaki in Japan. Exact location of earthquake, 140.7808° East, 35.6456° North, depth 32.27 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/01/17 / 2017-01-13 03 ... ( read original story ...)

A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Kobayashi in Japan. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/12/16 / 2016-12-17 03:20:13 / December 17, 2016 @ 3:20 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of ... ( read original story ...)