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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
When Japan issued its first-ever “megaquake” warning last ... clues that a devastating earthquake is more likely, even just ...