So far only small tsunami waves hit Japan’s northernmost island after a major quake in the north Pacific triggered a full-scale tsunami warning for areas of northern Japan and Russia’s sparsely populated Kurile islands. So far a 40cm (16 inches) wave hit Nemuro port in Hokkaido island.  Another one of 20cm (8 inches) was recorded.

The major quake which shook the Kurile islands has triggered a tsunami warning for northern Japan and Russia’s northeastern coast. NHK public television in Japan said the first wave of the tsunami was expected to arrive shortly after 9 p.m. (1200 GMT) and was predicted to range from 1 to 2 meters in Hokkaido.

A tsunami is set to hit north and eastern Japan.  Experts say the giant waves are expected at 12.10pm GMT. Residents along the Pacific coast have been told to flee to higher ground.  This warning follows an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.1 in the ocean east of the Chijima islands A tsunami of about two [...]

A colossal reservoir of energy stored up under the Tibetan plateau has been discovered – and it can only be fully released by mega-earthquakes striking about every 1000 years, researchers have found. The study suggests that earthquakes in the past 200 years in the central Himalaya, while catastrophic, are small in comparison to what the [...]