World Earthquake Report for Saturday, 3 December 2022

2022-12-03T06:27+0100volcanodiscovery (en)

This report is being updated every hour. Magnitude 5 +: 2 earthquakes Magnitude 4 +: 41 earthquakes Magnitude 3 +: 115 earthquakes Magnitude 2 +: 271 earthquakes No quakes of magnitude 6 or higher. Total seismic energy estimate: 4 x 10 13 joules (11 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 9491 tons of TNT or 0.

Volunteerism center to rise in Pangasinan

2022-12-02T11:29+0100inquirer (en)

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – International volunteer organizations, such as the United States Peace Corps and France-Volontaires, joined local officials for the National Volunteer Month kickoff ceremony on Thursday (Dec. 1) at the beachfront in this capital town.

‘Chonmage’ fan thanked for cleaning stands at World Cup December 2, 2022

2022-12-02T10:54+0100ajw (en)

Japan ese soccer fan Hirokazu Tsunoda admitted he was nervous when he was asked by volunteer workers to not leave the stands following a World Cup victory by the Samurai Blue over Germany on Nov. 23. Tsunoda, 60, is highly visible as he is sporting a Japanese traditional topknot hairstyle called "chonmage" at the competition in Qatar.

Japan's 1,000-year-old warning

2022-12-01T12:25+0100latimes (en)

I am an engineer and a disaster researcher; I went to Japan after the March 11, 2011, magnitude 9.0 Tohoku earthquake to try to identify lessons there that could benefit future disaster-response operations. In late May, I was following the usual research routine of interviewing individuals involved....

World Earthquake Report for Thursday, 1 December 2022

2022-12-01T06:37+0100volcanodiscovery (en)

This report is being updated every hour. Magnitude 5 +: 2 earthquakes Magnitude 4 +: 42 earthquakes Magnitude 3 +: 118 earthquakes Magnitude 2 +: 335 earthquakes No quakes of magnitude 6 or higher. Total seismic energy estimate: 5.6 x 10 13 joules (15.6 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 13458 tons of TNT or 0.

Kawakin Core-Tech Co. introduces ‘Total Solutions’ to earthquake disasters

2022-12-01T06:03+0100manilastandard-ph (en)

With over 70 years of experience and knowledge about innovative disaster-resilient city development and renovation of aging infrastructure, Kawakin Core-Tech Co., Ltd. recently announced the company’s operational expansion. From conventional manufacturing for safety and security, the manufacturing....

The need for early warning systems that can cover everyone

2022-11-30T17:55+0100innovationnewsnetwork (en)

To ensure early warning systems for all can become a reality, countries must invest more into state-of-the-art data and technology. The concept of early warning is extremely relevant today and will be an important subject for the future. The 2022 International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction on 13....

Contradictory effect of earthquakes on submarine slopes

2022-11-30T05:09+0100miragenews (en)

Active margins, where an oceanic plate slides under a continental plate, may cause earthquakes and tsunamis. Further, they are known for shifting sediments from margin slopes into deep ocean trenches. Geologists now found evidence of earthquake-triggered surface sediment erosion on a submarine slope....

Significant magnitude 5.1 earthquake 119 km southeast of China, Japan

2022-11-29T17:33+0100volcanodiscovery (en)

An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 occurred only 15 minutes ago 119 km southeast of China, Japan , the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported. The quake hit at a shallow depth of 10 km beneath the epicenter near China, Ōshima-gun, Kagoshima, Japan, after midnight on Wednesday, November 30th, 2022, at 12:57 am local time.