Schematic figure of the subduction zone underneath the Kanto region (left) in Japan and the spatial distribution of magnitude 2 to 6 earthquakes on the subduction zone at 60 to 70 kilometers below ...

The region generates about half of the earthquakes that can be felt in Tokyo. The researchers found ... Huang says finding active areas of subduction zones where earthquakes tend to occur, and ...

A magnitude-5.3 earthquake hit Tokyo and eastern parts of Japan on Friday ... Kanagawa does not lie within the western zone along the Pacific coast known as the Nankai Trough, which was specified ...

Brazilian miner Vale reported a 17% decline in its first-quarter net profit on Thursday, hit by lower iron ore prices despite ...

University of Tokyo, then Professor, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok. Research Fields include urban infrastructure systems and earthquake engineering. Studying earthquakes that occur in ...

The OBS instruments belong to Columbia University and the University of Texas in the US, and to Tokyo University and ... to give new insights into the earthquake and tsunami potential of the Hikurangi ...