Latest Earthquakes in Japan Stories
News from the Seismological Society of America 2013 Annual Meeting The greatest threat of a tsunami for the U.S. east coast from a nearby offshore earthquake stretches from the coast of New England to New Jersey, according to John Ebel of Boston College, who presented his findings today at the Seismological Society of America 2013 Annual Meeting. The potential for an East Coast tsunami has come under greater scrutiny after a 2012 earthquake swarm that occurred offshore about 280...
Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Japan, still reeling with the aftermath of a powerful earthquake and destructive tsunami in March 2011, has been hit again. A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck off the coast at 5:18 p.m. local time Friday evening triggering a small 3-foot-high tsunami that swept against the Japanese mainland nearly 45 minutes later. Evacuation orders came streaming in over TV and radio channels shortly after the quake struck and countless coastal...
MCLEAN, Va., Aug. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) [NYSE: SAI] today announced it has been awarded a contract for the production and delivery of six SAIC Tsunami Buoy (STB) systems by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120829/PH64297 ) The STB systems will be deployed at locations in the northwest Pacific Ocean approximately 200 nautical miles east of Sendai, Japan. The...
Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online UPDATE : 08-27-2012 10:00 a.m. (EST) Latest reports on the swarm of Southern California earthquakes puts the number at somewhere around 300, according to the USGS. The continuing series of temblors produced only minor damage, knocking trailers off their foundations and breaking windows. A few reports of cosmetic damage has also been reported on some older buildings. Most of the quakes were in the range of magnitude of 3.0,...
