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A house in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, remains in disarray Monday after an earthquake struck earlier this month. | KYODO
Kyodo Feb 24, 2021
Fukushima – Many volunteer centers have been established since an earthquake struck Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures earlier this month, which damaged more than 3,000 housings and buildings. But a local welfare association in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, that sets up volunteer centers in times of disaster has not done so, saying it has not received any requests for help. But some older people are at a loss of what to do, unable to clear out debris on their own.
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Researchers can not determine when and where exactly an earthquake will occur. But, a new study that utilizes supercomputer power accounts for the unique characteristics of the faults in the area, allowing seismologists to better understand what threats in Southern California might exist.
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Large earthquakes are infrequent. We simply haven t seen such quakes on most California faults, says Kevin Milner, a computer scientist at the Southern California Earthquake Center and lead author on the new study.
The fact that most faults in California have not hosted a large damaging earthquake since modern records have been kept, says Milner, leaves researchers to infer what types of earthquakes we think are possible on those faults. This uncertainty creates challenges for hazard assessment and planning.
Japan s Fukushima Prefecture, still struggling from the consequences of the 2011 "Fukushima 1" nuclear power plant (NPP) disaster, saw a severe 7.3 magnitude earthquake.
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