Japan, tsunami and earthquake
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A powerful magnitude 6.7 earthquake has struck northern Japan, affecting Hokkaido and Tohoku regions and prompting tsunami warnings along the Pacific coast. Residents near the sea and rivers are urged to move inland immediately for safety.
Powerful waves set in motion by the magnitude-9.0 quake that struck Japan on March 11, 2011, damaged the harbor in Crescent City, Calif. (Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times) This month as Japan commemorated the 10-year anniversary of a tsunami that killed ...
The United States’ predominant tsunami detection system suffered a nearly week-long outage this month, overlapping with the 10-year anniversary of Japan’s Tohoku tsunami, which left thousands dead. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...