TOKYO (Reuters) - A strong earthquake shook eastern Japan on Friday evening, but there was no tsunami warning, according to public broadcaster NHK. The temblor struck at 1003 GMT with a magnitude of 6.2, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. It shook buildings in Tokyo as well as sur...
TOKYO: A strong earthquake struck northern Japan on Saturday, swaying buildings as far south as Tokyo but there was no risk of a tsunami. The Japan Metrological Agency said the magnitude of the temblor was 6.6 at its epicenter in the Pacific Ocean just off the east coast of Japan. The ...
Japan Earthquake Estimated to Cost Insurers $6.4 Billion - Report More Reuters FILE PHOTO: A worker looks at a car stuck on a broken road in the aftermath of an earthquake, near Anamizu, Japan, January 3, 2024. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo (Reuters) - Insured losses from the...
Japan, theAleutian Islands,Alaska, and the western coasts of North andSouth America. It is estimated that 80 percent of the energy presently released in earthquakes comes from those whoseepicentresare in this belt. The seismic activity is by no means uniform throughout the belt, and there are...
1960ValdiviaandPuerto Montt, Chile9.5XI1,655TheChile earthquake of 1960, the largest quake ever recorded in the world, produced a tsunami that crossed the Pacific Ocean to Japan, where it killed more than 100 people. 1963Skopje, Macedonia6.9X1,070The capital of Macedonia had to be rebuilt alm...
The Japan earthquake and tsunami of 2011, also known as the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami or the Great Tohoku earthquake, was a natural disaster that shook northeastern Japan on March 11, 2011. The disaster began when a magnitude-9 earthquake shook the region in the early afternoon, unlea...
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The anti-radiation shelters are meant mainly for residents, such as elderly or disabled people, who cannot flee on their own in the event of a nuclear disaster. According to the Cabinet Office, Japan has 300 radiation-protective shelters. About 10 are newly built while the remaining ones were...
The earthquake that struck the Noto region of Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan on 1 January 2024 caused extensive damage to many lives, homes, and lifelines in the region and elsewhere, and the extent of the damage extended as far as Niigata, Toyama and other prefectures. Many victims are still for...
Earthquake nowcasting (EN) is a modern method of estimating seismic risk by evaluating the progress of the earthquake (EQ) cycle in fault systems. EN evaluation is based on a new concept of time, termed ’natural time’. EN employs natural time, and uniq