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Unusual Earthquake Gave Japan Tsunami Extra Punch, Say Scientists
May 24, 2011 — The March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan were generated on a fault that didn't rupture the usual way, according to researchers. The rupture initially shot westward, then slowed and ... > full story -
Japan's 9.0 Tohoku-Oki Earthquake: Surprising Findings About Energy Distribution Over Fault Slip and Stress Accumulation
May 19, 2011 — When the magnitude 9.0 Tohoku-Oki earthquake and resulting tsunami struck off the northeast coast of Japan on March 11, they caused widespread destruction and death. Using observations from a dense ... > full story -
Port Valdez Invertebrates Stabilized 26 Years After Alaska's Great Earthquake
April 25, 2011 — It took 26 years for marine invertebrates living on the Port Valdez seafloor to stabilize after Alaska's Great Earthquake of 1964, according to a scientist at the University of Alaska ... > full story -
Twitter and Natural Disasters: Crisis Communication Lessons from the Japan Tsunami
April 15, 2011 — Researchers in Japan surveyed and questioned Twitter users and tracked updates from people in the disaster-struck area on the social media site two weeks after the Tohoku earthquake and devastating ... > full story -
Where Will the Debris from Japan's Tsunami Drift in the Ocean?
April 6, 2011 — The huge tsunami triggered by the 9.0 Tohoku earthquake destroyed coastal towns near Sendai in Japan, washing such things as houses and cars into the ocean. Based on a model derived from past ... > full story -
US Earthquake Resilience Needs Strengthening, Says New Report
March 30, 2011 — A new report presents a 20-year road map for increasing US resilience to earthquakes, including a major earthquake that could strike a highly populated area. The report was mostly written prior to ... > full story -
Researchers Help Map Tsunami and Earthquake Damage in Japan
March 24, 2011 — Researchers are processing satellite imagery of regions in Japan affected by the 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that devastated sections of the country's east coast on March ... > full story -
Japanese Tsunami Underscores Need for Elder Disaster Preparedness
March 18, 2011 — The oldest segment of Japan's population will likely be the hardest hit as a result of the recent earthquake and subsequent tsunami, based on data from previous catastrophic events. Approximately 23 ... > full story -
Japan Earthquake Disaster: Geophysicists Create Animation Showing Sequence of Quakes
March 16, 2011 — The earthquake disaster on March 11, 2011 was an event of the century not only for Japan. With a magnitude of Mw = 8.9, it was one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded worldwide. Two days ... > full story -
NASA Satellite Sees Area Affected by Japan Tsunami
March 16, 2011 — A new before-and-after image pair from the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument on NASA's Terra spacecraft shows a region of Japan's northeastern coast, ... > full story
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