Experts warned of powerful aftershocks in the days ahead as they puzzled over the forces that generated the magnitude-7.6 earthquake in the Noto region of Ishikawa Prefecture on New Year’s Day.
Glamorous garments featuring prints of audio-visual art by a Japanese scientist and creator wowed the crowd at New York Fashion Week, one of the four top fashion events in the world.
The Kanto earthquake hit Tokyo, Japan, on September 1, 1923. It is considered one of the most deadly and devastating earthquakes in the country's history, killing 90% of the 105,000 people who suffered. Read here to learn about the earthquake.
The answer is, it depends. A multitude of conditions must be analyzed, and forests properly managed long-term, if they’re to curb climate change-intensified flooding, landslides, and even stand up to a tsunami.
For a year, dozens of earthquakes have rattled the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture while crustal deformations continue and scientists still do not know why this is happening.