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Seabed survey in the earthquake area in Japan
According to AFP, on March 8, scientists deployed a seabed research program off Japan, where a strong earthquake struck the tsunami last year, to observe the disturbance…
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Japan still faces the risk of super-earthquakes
A year after the tsunami earthquake, Japanese people in Tokyo still have to live in a sense of anxiety when scientists in the country recently issued a warning about the…
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Earthquake shook Japan, causing tsunami warnings
A series of earthquakes rocked the capital of Tokyo and northeastern Japan on the evening of March 14 leading to a tsunami warning several places, but no damage or casua…
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Japanese tsunami garbage to Hawaii
The waves of tsunami swept after the double disaster in northeastern Japan last year are very close to the Hawaiian Islands, and will reach the west coast of the United…
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Many earthquakes will happen near Fukushima
The recollection of the Japanese people's earthquake and tsunami disaster in March 2011 has not yet eased, and there are further forecasts that there will be many earthq…
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Strong earthquake in Vanuatu, Philippines
The Hong Kong Observatory said that at 16:40 GMT GMT, the afternoon of February 5 had an earthquake of magnitude 6.5 on the offshore island of Vanuatu, South Pacific.
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Japan is still searching for tsunami victims
Under the gloomy winter sky, a Japanese Coast Guard ship day after day turned patiently on the beach full of debris and rubbish left by the tsunami.
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Detecting signs of ancient tsunami in Nghe An province
Some of the most recent surveys show that there may have been three tsunami matches that occurred at time intervals: 4,500-4,300; 4,100-3,900 and 900-600 years ago.
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Strong earthquakes shook Indonesia, causing tsunami warnings
A 7.3-magnitude earthquake rocked the region off Indonesia's northern Aceh province, causing a tsunami warning. However, officials removed the warning a few hours later.
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Earthquake near the damaged nuclear plant in Japan
A strong earthquake today occurred near the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan.
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The magnitude 6.6 earthquake in the Solomons Islands
A strong 6.6-magnitude quake occurred in the Santa Cruz Islands, part of the Solomons island group today, according to the US Geological Survey. No tsunami warnings were…
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Need to increase disaster prevention after the Fukushima incident
In the preliminary report after a six-month investigation, the committee confirmed that the incident posed an urgent need to strengthen disaster prevention measures.
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Japan concluded the cause of the accident in Fukushima
The lack of preparation and failure to respond to incidents is the cause of the nuclear crisis in Fukushima.
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England: An unusually long winter is caused by the sun's activity
Scientists working at Met Office Hadley Weather Forecast Center, UK, said: The sun's 11-year operation cycle has caused unusually prolonged cold weather during the last…