NHK3 个月
What you need to know about Japan's mega-quake advisory
Nankai Trough quakes occur every 100 to 200 years along the plate boundary on Japan's Pacific coast. A member of the JMA's expert panel says research has confirmed that a major earthquake can ...
Japan is bracing for a once-in-a-century earthquake. Does it need to?
“Japan sits on the boundaries of four tectonic plates, which makes it one of the most earthquake-prone areas in the world,” ...
来自MSN11 个月
Why does Japan have so many earthquakes and tsunamis?
the more plate boundaries that you have adjacent to or crossing a country like Japan, the more interaction of those plates on which earthquakes occur,” said Robert Butler, professor emeritus of ...
朝日新聞社3 个月
No subsurface changes noted in Nankai Trough epicenter area
The Japan Meteorological Agency said there ... 8 earthquake is believed to have been a “plate boundary type” earthquake, in which the gap between the land plate and the subducting Philippine ...
BBC11 个月
How Japan’s powerful earthquakes have shifted the land
The earthquake, which took place ... preparedness. Japan sits at the confluence of four major tectonic plates. It is one of the most seismically active areas on Earth; the country accounts for ...
NHK3 个月
Megaquake advisory issued, tsunami advisories lifted
The Japanese Meteorological Agency and an earthquake expert held a news conference ... regularly occurs every 100 to 200 years at the plate boundary between Suruga Bay in Shizuoka Prefecture ...