Category Archives For: Japan Earthquake

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  7 Apr 2012 Christoph Grützner A motion piece on the Tōhoku Earthquake – One Year Later http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2012/04/07/a-motion-piece-on-the-tohoku-earthquake-one-year-later/ Peter Kim pointed me to that fascinating motion piece created by Onlineschools.org. It is an approach somewhere between science and art, but perfectly addresses...

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  20 Mar 2012 Ioannis Papanikolaou Animation of the 2011 worldwide seismicity http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2012/03/20/animation-of-the-2011-worldwide-seismicity/ A very nice animation of the 2011 worldwide seismicity for earthquakes M ≥ 4.5 in the following link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwWn_W6ZbT4&feature=youtu.be (with sound intensity for each...

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  22 Nov 2011 Christoph Grützner New paper on the Japan 2011 tsunami and implications for paleotsunami research – Updated http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/11/22/new-paper-on-the-japan-2011-tsunami-and-implications-for-paleotsunami-research/ Goto et al. published a short paper on the Japan 2011 tsunami and implications for paleotsunami research in Marine Geology: Goto, K., Chagué-Goff, C.,...

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  11 Apr 2011 Christoph Grützner Japan – strong aftershocks continue http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/04/11/japan-strong-aftershocks-continue/ A strong aftershock has rocked Japan on 11 April. USGS reported a magnitude of 6.7, while EMSC estimated M6.6. A tsunami warning has been...

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  31 Mar 2011 Christoph Grützner Japan earthquake aftermath – blogs and press http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/03/31/japan-earthquake-aftermath-blogs-and-press/ The Japan earthquake and tsunami have hit Japan harder than we could have imagined. Thousands are still missing, the death toll climbs and climbs,...

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  16 Mar 2011 Christoph Grützner SSA meeting: Special session on Japan, Christchurch EQs http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/03/16/ssa-meeting-special-session-on-japan-christchurch-eqs/ The Seismological Society of America has re-opened abstract submission for a special session on the Christchurch and Japan earthquakes during the Memphis conference. Deadline...

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  16 Mar 2011 Christoph Grützner Liquefaction in Tokyo Central Park http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/03/16/liquefaction-in-tokyo-central-park/ Thanks to Alessandro I came across this incredible video of liquefaction occuring in the Tokyo Central Park during the M9.0 Japan earthquake. We can...

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  13 Mar 2011 Christoph Grützner Japan EQ & Tsunami: Environmental Effects http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/03/13/japan-eq-tsunami-environmental-effects/ The Japan M9.0 earthquake and the following tsunami are well documented by videos, photographs, sea-level measurements, seismograms etc. But how do we recognize such...

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  11 Mar 2011 Christoph Grützner Mw9.0 earthquake hits Japan, causes Tsunami (updated – 3) http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/03/11/mw8-9-earthquake-hits-japan-causes-tsunami/ An earthquake with a magnitude of Mw9.0 has occured 130 km east of Honshu, Japan in a depth of ~25 km. This had been...