Japan's parliament has enacted a bill to facilitate restoring ports damaged by natural disasters so they can be used as transportation bases for relief supplies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/16/japan/ishikawa-earthquake-ports/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #earthquakes #ishikawaearthquake #notopeninsula #ports #disasterpreparedness
https://www.europesays.com/uk/22476/ Watch moving moment herd of elephants form ring of protection around calves as 5.2-mag earthquake rocks world-famous zoo #California #Earthquakes #SanDiego #Science #Section:News:USNews #UK #UnitedKingdom #wildlife
The devastating earthquake that hit Myanmar last month has displaced tens of thousands and left the conflict-hit country in urgent need of large-scale debris removal, the United Nations said Monday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/15/asia-pacific/debris-quake-myanmar-un/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #un #earthquakes #myanmar #southeastasia
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"Der menschengemachte Klimawandel wird weltweit zu mehr & teils stärkeren Erdbeben führen durch fortschreitenden Anstieg des Meeresspiegels weltweit sowie die zunehmende Stärke extremer Wetterereignisse wie Stürmen. Beides erhöht den mechanischen Druck im Gefüge tektonischer Platten & führt zu Änderungen in den seismischen Zyklen – steigender Erdbebengefahr v.a. in den Küstenregionen der Welt."
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Southern California rattled by earthquake of magnitude 5.2 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/14/san-diego-julian-earthquake #Earthquakes #California #WestCoast #SanDiego #USnews
The Japanese government has confirmed the first Japanese fatality in last month's 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Myanmar, a Foreign Ministry official said Monday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/14/japan/japanese-national-death-in-myanmar-quake/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #earthquakes #myanmarjapanrelations #foreignministry #yoshimasahayashi
A memorial ceremony was held Monday to mark nine years since the powerful 2016 earthquakes in Kumamoto Prefecture that killed 278 people, with one survivor continuing to share her experience and lessons from the ordeal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/14/japan/kumamoto-quake-anniversary/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #earthquakes #kumamoto
Thousands marked the start of Myanmar's water festival, which typically celebrates the new year, in the ruins of last month's earthquake, with the country's most raucous holiday muted by the tragedy of the tremor. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/14/asia-pacific/myanmar-quake-new-year/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #myanmar #southeastasia #earthquakes
More than 70% of disaster evacuees on the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture are worried about their future housing, a survey has found. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/13/japan/society/noto-evacuees-survey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #notopeninsula #ishikawaearthquake #realestate #earthquakes
Profiteers have flooded social media with fake news and bogus videos since a powerful earthquake devastated Myanmar last month, exploiting the chaos with clickbait, analysts say. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/11/asia-pacific/myanmar-fake-news-profits/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #myanmar #fakenews #misinformation #earthquakes
Foreign Office Issues Urgent Alert For British Travelers To Greece Over Four Natural Disasters https://www.byteseu.com/909067/ #112Greece #BritishTravelers #Earthquakes #EmergencyAlerts #EuropeFlightDisruptions #ExtremeHeat #FCDO #FlashFloods #ForeignOffice #Greece #greek #GreekNews #NaturalDisasters #SummerTravel #TravelWarning #WeatherRisks #Wildfires
The Osaka Expo, set to start on Sunday, will include local governments exhibiting their specialty products as well as reconstruction progress following the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/10/japan/osaka-expo-local-government-exhibits/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #2025osakaexpo #localgovernment #wajima #ishikawa #earthquakes #fukushima #greateastjapanearthquake
More than a week after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar, a lack of internet access is severely impeding any disaster response, local residents and humanitarians say. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/10/asia-pacific/myanmar-internet-earthquake-aid/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #internet #myanmar #earthquakes #southeastasia
https://www.alojapan.com/1242272/japans-kishida-cancels-trip-after-megaquake-warnings-from-scientists/ Japan’s Kishida cancels trip after ‘megaquake’ warnings from scientists #earthquakes #FumioKishida #GeneralNews #JapanGovernment #JapanTrips #NaturalDisasters #politics #science #Tokyo #trips #WorldNews TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida canceled a planned trip to Central Asia on Friday to lead the government’s response after scientists urged people to prepare for a possible “megaquake” off the country’s sout…
A deep, 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck Taiwan's rural northeastern county of Yilan on Wednesday, the island's weather administration said, with no immediate reports of damage. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/09/asia-pacific/taiwan-58-magnitude-quake/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #taiwan #taipei #earthquakes
Japanese manufacturers are accelerating efforts to mitigate the economic impact of a massive earthquake forecast to occur in the Nankai Trough off the country's Pacific coast. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/08/japan/japan-firms-nankai-trough-quake-risks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #earthquakes #nankaitrough #manufacturing #carmakers #cashless
Rain fell on parts of Myanmar over the weekend, adding new challenges to relief efforts and raising the risk of disease outbreaks. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/06/asia-pacific/myanmar-quake-rain-toll/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #myanmar #thailand #earthquakes #southeastasia
Myanmar's ostracized junta chief met the leaders of India and Thailand during a regional summit in Bangkok on Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/05/asia-pacific/myanmar-junta-chief-aid-un/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #myanmar #un #thailand #earthquakes
The "Quad" nations of Japan, the United States, Australia and India have called for a continued halt of fighting in Myanmar following its military's announcement of a temporary ceasefire following a massive earthquake. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/04/asia-pacific/politics/myanmar-ceasefire-quad/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #australia #india #us #myanmar #earthquakes
