The Sanriku Coast - which includes present day Iwate and parts of Aomori and Miyagi - has been prone to tsunamis throughout its history. Analyses of tsunami deposits along the coast, however, haven't ...
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Southern California and the rest of the West Coast are under a tsunami watch after a magnitude 8.7 earthquake struck in eastern Russia. What is a tsunami watch? The government issues a tsunami watch ...
Two recent natural events, the Japanese tsunami in March 2011 and more recently the autumn floods in Thailand were both human and economic tragedies and showed that man, whatever his illusions, is ...
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A research group comprising members from Tohoku University, Hokkaido University and the University of Tokyo have developed a high-resolution radiocarbon dating method that can accurately date tsunami ...