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The government has a pretty great and sophisticated warning system of tsunami and earthquakes. we all got signals on our mobile phone ahead of the earthquake, and so people were able to go and get shelter. and, as you said, its daybreak now, so well know more about what the real damage is to buildings, roads, and infrastructure, and how many people are trapped, as well. greg beroza, a professor of geophysics at stanford university, in california, has told me earlier about the key things to look ...

Leads to earthquakes, leads to volcanism. japan is tectonically about as complicated as it gets. given how these are a regular occurrence injapan, youre certainly no stranger to them, how good are the alert systems for ea rtquakes how good are the alert systems for eartquakes like this so people can be evacuated to higher ground, and to safety? so, the systems injapan are as good as they are anywhere. japan is a very earthquake—aware country, because all of japans earthquakes threaten, and the...

Greg beroza, a professor of geophysics at stanford university in california, has told me earlier about the key things to look out for during earthquakes. we look to see the context of the occurrence, or the tectonic context. in this case, the earthquake occurred off the west coast of japan — thats unlike the 2011 earthquake, which occurred on the plate boundary off the opposite coast of japan. earthquakes in this region arent unheard of, including large earthquakes. some in the past have gener...

Him as very cold and scared. now, apparently he had been kidnapped but not in the traditional sense that we know it. cyber kidnapped. so you never actually came face to face with his kidnappers, he was just coerced over his phone and over the internet. so what appears to have happened is that he was contacted by these kidnappers and told that, unless you did exactly what he was told, his family back home in china would be in danger. they asked him for a photograph, which they then sent to his fa...

What is it about the countrys location and geology that makes it so susceptible to big quakes? well, tectonically, its extremely complex — so in this part ofjapan, there is the pacific plates ducking underneath japan, and a little further south theres a different plate, the philippine sea plate. so this collision of multiple plates leads to earthquakes, leads to volcanism. japan is tectonically about as complicated as it gets. given how these are a regular occurrence injapan, youre certainly n...

Earthquake struck. some staff at this news network took cover, while others wanted to cover the story. the 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck just after 4pm in the afternoon, local time. it was caught on camera in this supermarket. there was chaos and confusion. tsunami warnings were issued, then downgraded, on the ishikawa coastline, and people were told to head to higher ground. translation: | would| like to ask all residents to continue to pay close attention to the occurrence of this strong ear...

Earthquake struck. some staff at this news network took cover, while others wanted to cover the story. the 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck just after 4pm in the afternoon, local time. it was caught on camera in this supermarket. there was chaos and confusion. tsunami warnings were issued, then downgraded, on the ishikawa coastline, and people were told to head to higher ground. translation: | would| like to ask all residents to continue to pay close attention to the occurrence of this strong ear...

The 7.6 magnitude earthquake struckjust after 4:00 in the afternoon, local time. it was caught on camera in this supermarket. there was chaos and confusion. tsunami warnings were issued, then downgraded, on the ishikawa coastline, and people were told to head to higher ground. translation: | would| like to ask all residents to continue to pay close attention to the occurrence of this strong earthquake. if you are in a region where a tsunami is expected, please evacuate as soon as possible. more ...

The 7.6 magnitude earthquake struckjust after 4:00 in the afternoon, local time. it was caught on camera in this supermarket. there was chaos and confusion. tsunami warnings were issued, then downgraded, on the ishikawa coastline, and people were told to head to higher ground. translation: | would| like to ask all residents to continue to pay close attention to the occurrence of this strong earthquake. if you are in a region where a tsunami is expected, please evacuate as soon as possible. more ...

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