After last week'smagnitude 9.0 earthquake east of Sendai, Japan, thefourth largest earthquake on record, and the ensuing tsunami, thenews has focused on the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. Today's Featured Map shows the epicenter of the main earthquake and the location of the Fukushima Daiich...
The other one is a scenario earthquake shaking map. In order to promote the use of the National Seismic Hazard Maps, we have developed an open Web system to provide information interactively and have named this system the Japan Seismic Hazard Information Station (J-SHIS). The 2011 Tohoku ...
On April 14th 2016, an earthquake with the magnitude of 7 degrees on the Japanese seismic scale has occurred in the Kumamoto prefecture, located in Japan'sKyushu region. Even today (April 19th), aftershocks can be felt in the region and the situation is still unstable. In this article we ...
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a The latest bathymetry map after the earthquake acquired on September 2, 2022, by the Pressure Drop Ring of Fire Expedition 2022 Japan Cruise Leg2. White dotted lines labeled as ?F1, F2, F3, and F4 show lineaments corresponding to thrust faults in the MCS profile2 (Fig. 2), and ?F1...
Japan earthquake and tsunami, severe natural disaster that occurred in northeastern Japan on March 11, 2011, and killed at least 20,000 people. A powerful earthquake off the coast of Honshu also generated a series of large tsunami waves that devastated
Related: How Japan's 2011 Earthquake Happened This map shows the travel times of the tsunami generated by the Honshu earthquake on March 11, 2011. (Image credit: NOAA/NWS) A surprise disaster The unexpected disaster was neither the largest nor the deadliest earthquake and tsunami to strike this...
Japan switches on ice wall to pen radioactive leaks Decontamination of Fukushima nuke plant damaged by 2011 earthquake and tsunami may hinge of the success of the wall Mar 31, 2016 Japan marks 5th anniversary of devastating tsunami and earthquake 2011 disaster killed more than 18,000 people...
An earthquake measuring 9.0 occurred in Japan, on east coast of Honshu Island, on March 11, followed by numerous aftershocks. The epicenter was located in 373 km north-east of Tokyo, its center lies at a depth of 24 kilometers. The hypocenter
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