tsunamis
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A Timelapse Of All The Earthquakes From This Record-Breaking April
Didn’t it seem to you that the ground was exceptionally shaky last month? That there were reports on big earthquakes happening somewhere pretty much every week? It wasn’t just your imagination: April produced a higher-than-normal number of moderate-to-large earthquakes, and you can see it for yourself.
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Fish Sails From Japan To Washington On Unmanned Tsunami Boat
On an epic two-year journey across the Pacific, a bait box in a Japanese boat turned into an aquarium when five striped beakfish made it their home. The 6m fibreglass boat probably started off from Japan when the tsunami hit in March 2011.
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Why Aren’t We Afraid Of A Tsunami Hitting San Francisco?
When a 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck off Japan’s eastern coast early Friday morning, we all feared a tsunami. But San Francisco gets earthquakes all the time, and we’re not scared of a tsunami there. Why?
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Japanese Government: Fukushima Nuclear Crisis Was A Man-Made Disaster
The failures, explosions, leaks and subsequent radioactive dead zone that will stain Japan for decades all started with an earthquake. Nobody can stop earthquakes. But after a thorough review, the Japanese government admits humans are responsible for the entire mess.