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How Japan’s Buildings Stand Tall Through Earthquakes

When a massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, tsunami warnings echoed across parts of Japan, the US, and Russia. While fear and panic loomed in some regions, Japan ...

Indian Woman In Tokyo Shares Harrowing Experience During Japan Earthquake: "It Was So Strong"

Japan is among the most earthquake-prone nations in the world, due to its location along the volatile Pacific Ring of Fire.

Fireproofing Tokyo in preparation for 'big one'

It has been one month since a massive fire burned over 180 buildings in Japan's Oita Prefecture. NHK World's Yoshikawa ...
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Tokyo earthquake could kill 18,000, destroy 402,000 buildings

A new estimate from the Japanese government has projected that a "capital direct earthquake" of magnitude 7 or higher in ...
Yahoo

Earthquake swarms are fueling fear of the 'big one' in Japan

A house lies in the sea off a village near the Onagawa nuclear power plant on March 20, 2011, nine days after the deadly earthquake and tsunami that hit the northeastern coast of Japan's main island ...