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GPS system can accurately predict post-quake tsunami, study finds
When the magnitude 9 earthquake struck Japan more than two years ago, there were 1,200 global positioning system stations recording ocean floor movement in real time. None was linked to that nation’s tsunami warning system, which underestimated...
Tags: Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Science and Technology, Oceans, Indonesia, Japan
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20-foot boat that drifted to California is tsunami debris
The barnacle-covered boat with Japanese lettering spent 758 days at sea before it drifted onto a Northern California beach. Nearly three weeks after the 20-foot boat washed ashore in Crescent City, about 20 miles south of the Oregon border, the National...
Tags: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Japan, Natural Disasters
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Japanese boat first confirmed tsunami debris in California
A 20-foot boat that washed ashore earlier this month in Northern California has been confirmed as the first debris from the 2011 Japanese tsunami to reach the state. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, working with the Japanese...
Tags: Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Japan, Natural Disasters
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Guatemala earthquake: No Pacific tsunami warning
No tsunami warnings have been issued for California from a magnitude 6.2 earthquake Monday afternoon in Guatemala. The temblor occurred 3 miles from San Jose Pinula, Guatemala, according to the U.S. Geological Survey,at 4:02 p.m. Pacific time. The...Tags: Guatemala, U.S. Geological Survey, Natural Disasters, Same-Sex Marriage
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Japan marks 2 years since tsunami
FrameworkJapan marked the second anniversary Monday of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that left nearly 19,000 people dead or missing and has displaced more than 300,000.... -
Pictures in the News | March 11, 2013
FrameworkMonday's Pictures in the News begins in Italy, where cardinals are set to enter the conclave to elect a successor to Pope Benedict XVI after he became the first pope in 600 years to resign from the role. The conclave is scheduled to start on Tuesday,... -
On Japanese tsunami anniversary, recalling Fukushima effects on ocean
It’s been exactly two years since Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami. The magnitude 9.0 shaker resulted when a portion of the Pacific plate was pushed into and underneath the North American plate, shifting the position of Earth's axis...
Tags: Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Health Organizations, Fukushima (Fukushima, Japan), Japan, Tokyo Electric Power Co.
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No California tsunami warnings after 8.0 quake in Solomon Islands
L.A. NOWEmergency response officials in California said Tuesday night that there was no Tsunami warning for the state or the rest of the Pacific Coast following a powerful earthquake in the Solomon Islands.... -
7.5 Alaska earthquake poses no tsunami threat to California
L.A. NOWThe magnitude 7.5 earthquake that struck off the Alaska coast overnight posed a brief tsunami threat to parts of Alaska and Canada but not to California's coast, officials said. The temblor was too far north to cause major wave activity...... -
Movie review: 'The Impossible' has the right touch with real horror
So terrifying is the 2004 tsunami as imagined in "The Impossible," its destructive force engulfing the screen with such violent menace, that the imagery alone elicits a rising dread so intense you may feel yourself gasping for breath. Spanish-born...
Tags: The Impossible (movie), Arts and Culture, Holidays, Christian Bale, Naomi Watts
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In wake of Fukushima disaster, Japan to end nuclear power by 2030s
World NowThe Japanese government announced a dramatic turn in its energy policy Friday, vowing to make the densely populated island nation nuclear-free by the 2030s. Last year's tsunami-triggered disaster at the Fukushima nuclear power complex forced evacuation of... -
No tsunami threat from 7.4 Colombia earthquake
L.A. NOWNo tsunami warnings were issued for California or the rest of the Pacific Coast from a magnitude 7.4 earthquake that hit Colombia on Sunday morning....
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