Can animals sense earthquakes?

For centuries, unusual animal behavior before earthquakes has been reported worldwide. Livestock becoming restless, wildlife disappearing and snakes emerging from hibernation in the middle of winter.

Godzilla And Studio Ghibli Are Iconic In Japan. Until Watching HBO's Incredible New Doc, I Did Not Appreciate Their Connection To Nuclear Trauma

A Nuclear Nightmare appearing on the 2026 movie schedule, I made sure to circle March 11th on the calendar, which happened to ...

Drone video from inside a Fukushima reactor shows a hole in pressure vessel, likely fuel debris

A video taken by tiny drones sent into one of three damaged reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant shows a ...
Council on Foreign Relations

Japan’s Energy Picture Fifteen Years Post-Fukushima

Fifteen years on from its worst-ever nuclear accident, Japan is welcoming nuclear power back into its energy mix. Senior Fellows Daniel B. Poneman and Clara Gillispie discuss Fukushima’s legacy and ...

'Life is a miracle,' but learning from disasters isn't: Lessons from Japan's 2011 earthquake and tsunami

In April 2012, a Harley-Davidson motorcycle was found on Graham Island in the Haida Gwaii archipelago off the coast of British Columbia. It belonged to Ikuo Yokoyama, a survivor of the earthquake and ...
Islands on MSN

San Francisco's vibrant neighborhood is 'a portal to the rich tapestry of Japanese culture'

Within a San Francisco neighborhood, you can explore and celebrate local Japanese culture through community events, bustling ...
UPI

On This Day: Kobe, Japan, earthquake kills thousands

Jan. 17 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1871, Andrew Hallidie received a patent for a cable car system that went into service in San Francisco in 1873. In 1893, Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii was ...
USA Today

Magnitude 6.2 earthquake hits Japan after series of aftershocks

TOKYO - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 hit the western Chugoku region of Japan on Tuesday, Jan. 6, followed by a series of sizeable aftershocks, the Japan Meteorological Agency said ...
New Atlas

Record-breaking drilling expedition solves massive earthquake mystery

That expedition used Japan's ultra-advanced drilling ship Chikyū, and marked the first time scientists had ever drilled directly into the fault zone of a recent megathrust earthquake. They drilled ...
unr.edu

Scientists unearth clues to understand what made the 2011 tsunami in Japan so massive

New findings published in the journal Science help explain why the 2011 earthquake off the coast of Japan created such a large tsunami. An international team of geologists and geophysicists drilled ...
Chicago Tribune

A 6.9 magnitude earthquake causes small tsunami waves off northeastern Japan

TOKYO — A 6.9 magnitude earthquake shook northeastern Japan and caused small tsunami waves but no apparent damage Friday, days after a stronger quake in the same region. Friday’s quake occurred off ...
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Japan earthquake live: Tsunami alert lifted after 6.9-magnitude tremor

Japan was struck by a new 6.9-magnitude earthquake on Friday morning, hitting a similar area of the Pacific coast to Monday night’s powerful 7.5-magnitude tremor. The new quake off Aomori prefecture ...