Deepest Earthquake Was Not A Seismic Record After All
A record-breaking deep earthquake registered in May 2025 offshore of Japan likely was not a tectonic event, but triggered by a mineralogical shift in Earth’s mantle.
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Sinkholes in Saitama merge; truck driver still trapped on 3rd day
A sinkhole at an intersection in Saitama Prefecture that swallowed a truck collapsed further Thursday and merged with a ...
5.6 magnitude earthquake shakes buildings in Taiwan, series of temblors hits island
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake shook buildings in Taiwan on Thursday morning, as a series of temblors hit the island, causing little damage but possibly portending more seismic activity in the near future ...
Citizen Scientists Reclaim Japan’s Nuclear Disaster Zone
Armed with measuring devices, groups of citizens are embracing science to monitor radioactive fallout — and regain control of ...
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He Lost His Wife In A Tsunami, So He Became A Scuba Diver To Search For Her
On March 11, 2011, a powerful earthquake struck Japan from its main island, Honshu. The magnitude 9.0 earthquake, one of the ...
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An earthquake rattled the Cascadia fault 325 years ago. Here’s what we know about the massive quake
January 26 marked the 325th anniversary since the last earthquake struck the Cascadia subduction zone. Centuries later, the ...
4,000+ buildings on emergency routes are not quake-proof
In the aftermath of the devastating Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995, collapsed buildings blocked rescue efforts and ...
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Lori Dengler | Big Cascadia anniversary: What we’ve learned and what we haven’t
Jan. 26, 2025, marks 325 years since the last great earthquake on the Cascadia subduction zone. It’s a time to reflect on what we’ve learned about this largest fault system in the lower 48 states ...
Did Earth’s Deepest Earthquake Really Happen? New Research Disputes Record-Breaking Aftershock
A re-examination of the 2015 Bonin Islands earthquake disproved earlier claims of a record-breaking deep aftershock in the ...
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Unveiling Japan's geological history through volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits
Dating key tectonic events in Japan's geological history has long been often challenging due to poor microfossil preservation from intense heat due to metamorphism. Researchers tackled this by using ...
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Japan’s transit system is private. Should other countries consider the same?
Transit in most global cities is government-run. But in Japan, that’s not the case. There, private companies run a sprawling network of trains, subways, and buses, often considered the best in the ...
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Claims for the world's deepest earthquake challenged by new analysis
The magnitude 7.9 Bonin Islands earthquake sequence, which ruptured deep within the earth near the base of the upper mantle, did not include an aftershock that extended to record depths into the lower ...