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Rivaling Hiroshima: The Earthquake-Fueled Firestorm of Tokyo, 1923

The 1923 Kantō earthquake in Tokyo led to fires responsible for 90% of the 105,000 casualties. This tragedy, detailed in a new paper in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, offers lessons for current earthquake scientists and urban planners. Fires that raged in the days following

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USC Scientists Discover Evidence That A 6th Kind Of Taste Exists

A new research study from USC scientists has uncovered evidence that a 6th sense of taste exists by honing in on OTOP1 proteins.

Largest Historic Fire Death Toll Belongs To Aftermath Of 1923 Japan Earthquake

Largest historic fire death toll belongs to aftermath of 1923 Japan Earthquake

Largest historic fire death toll belongs to a

Fires that raged in the days following the 1 September 1923 magnitude 7.9 Kantō earthquake killed roughly 90% of the 105,000 people who perished in and around Tokyo, making it one of the deadliest natural disasters in history—comparable to the number of people killed in the World War II atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The story of the conflagration, not well-known outside of Japan, holds important lessons for earthquake scientists, emergency response teams and city planners, according to a new paper published in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.

Study: Largest historic fire death toll belongs to aftermath of 1923 Japan earthquake

1923 Japan Quake Aftermath Holds Record for Biggest Fire Death Toll