Japanese team developing AI-based system to forecast chance of tsunami and scale of damage
Drawing lessons from one of the worst disasters in the nation's history, a team of Japanese researchers is developing an artificial intelligence-based tsunami-forecasting system set for release in fiscal 2020 that could help limit loss of life and property in future calamities. In March 2011, ...
Study debunks Japanese belief in link between deep-sea fish and quakes
A long-held belief in Japan that sightings of deep-sea fish foretell major earthquakes is simply a superstition, according to a research team from two universities. The team, consisting of researchers from Tokai University and the University of Shizuoka, reached the conclusion after comparing cases over ...
Survey finds 894 buildings at public elementary and junior high schools not yet quake-proof
A total of 894 buildings at public elementary and junior high schools were not earthquake-proof as of April 1, down from 978 a year before, an education ministry survey has shown. The proportion of quake-proofed buildings was unchanged at 99.2 percent, the ministry said. A ...
A 5.9 magnitude earthquake in Taiwan on Thursday killed one woman and caused temporary power outages that affected over 10,000 homes, authorities said. Tremors were felt across the island, and high-rises in Taipei swayed as the quake struck off the northeastern coast at dawn, waking ...
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake registering a lower 5 on the Japanese intensity scale struck off Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures on Sunday evening, the Meteorological Agency has said. The epicenter of the quake, which occurred at around 7:23 p.m. at a depth of about 45 kilometers ...
A Southern California hospital spent $72 million on a building designed to do two things after an earthquake: stay standing and stay open. But when a pair of strong earthquakes struck the region last month, the hospital couldn't use it. Structurally, the building was OK. But ...
Toll from quake off Indonesia four dead, several injured; magnitude raised to 6.9
Four people died and several were injured after a powerful undersea earthquake rocked Indonesia's heavily populated Java Island, triggering a brief tsunami warning, the National Disaster Agency said Saturday. The 6.9 magnitude quake Friday evening sent residents fleeing to higher ground, while many in the ...
Indonesia calls off tsunami warning after scare from magnitude 6.8 quake
An earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia's Java island on Friday, swaying buildings as far away as the capital and prompting national authorities to urge coast dwellers to head to higher ground to avoid potential 3-meter tsunami. In the end, no major damage ...
An earthquake registering a magnitude 6.5 struck off the coast of Mie Prefecture around 3:30 a.m. Sunday, the Meteorological Agency reported. Occurring at a depth of 420 km, the quake was still felt in the Kanto area, where it registered a 3 on the Japanese ...
At least eight people were killed and dozens injured when twin earthquakes struck islands in the northern Philippines early Saturday while many were still asleep, local officials said. Both tremors hit the province of Batanes, a group of sparsely populated islets north of the nation's ...
Toyota looks to develop ways to disaster-proof its supply chains
Toyota Motor Corp. has been applying its kaizen (continuous improvement) principle to the management of its parts suppliers so that it can maintain or swiftly resume production in the event of natural disasters. As it took the firm weeks to confirm the damage to its ...
Strong undersea quake near Bali causes panic, but only minor damage
An undersea earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 struck south of Indonesia's Bali Island on Tuesday, the European earthquake monitoring agency EMSC said, causing minor damage and prompting residents and visitors on the tourist island to briefly flee buildings. There were no reports of casualties ...
