A warning about a massive earthquake off the coast of California has been sent 92 years late. A computer error caused the US Geological Survey (USGS) to issue the ...
An emergency earthquake warning sent to millions of people in Japan caused a brief panic on Friday and disrupted Tokyo's transport network. But the loud alert, which was sent to millions of mobile ...
NHK provides two types of emergency broadcasts: Emergency Warning Broadcasting (EWB) system and Earthquake Early Warning (EEW) system. In addition to an activation signal for receivers ...
The “Earthquake Early Warning (EEW)” system for the general public is a one-of-its-kind system in the world for disaster prevention information, providing warning via TV and radio before ...
In fact, one of the first ever earthquake warning systems in the world was UrEDAS, or Urgent Earthquake Detection and Alarm System, used by Japan’s railways to slow down high speed trains in the ...
Japan has been hit by a series of earthquakes, prompting evacuation orders and tsunami warnings. These videos from Kanazawa, Ishikawa prefecture, show the scenes as the city was shaken.