When a magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck on November 14, all of the shaking occurred far from the focal center, while nothing was felt near it. The...
An earthquake with a remote epicenter and relatively modest seismic intensity could cause such a large and long sway in tall buildings that it would knock...
Seismologists have warned that earthquakes are likely to ravage Ishikawa Prefecture for months to come after an emergency meeting of a government committee convened to assess...
A strong earthquake hit the Noto Peninsula, Ishikawa Prefecture facing the Sea of Japan, as well as other prefectures, on the afternoon of June 19. The...
The Meiji Sanriku tsunami, which struck 126 years ago, killed up to 20 thousand people. A stone tomb erected in Toni Village in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture,...
Alarm bells are ringing over the signs that the heavily damaged structure of Fukushima’s No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant may be too weak to withstand another...
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