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EARTHQUAKES

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 16, 2021
Japan's stressed power grid faces new test with Arctic blast on way
While Japan is unlikely to see millions plunged into blackouts as in the U.S. currently, the country narrowly avoided power cuts only last month in another wintry spell.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 14, 2021
Amid global chip shortage, Renesas halts Ibaraki plant due to quake
The chipmaker has power and all utility equipment is functioning, but it decided to cancel Sunday's production for detailed inspections of the clean rooms as a precaution.
JAPAN
Feb 14, 2021
In pictures: Damage from the 7.3 magnitude quake off northeast Japan
Buildings were cracked, train services were halted and water supplies were cut after a major earthquake rocked Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures late Saturday night.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 24, 2021
Chile regrets panic triggered by mistaken tsunami warning after quake
Authorities in Chile said on Saturday they regretted spreading panic with a mistaken tsunami warning calling for people to get out of coastal areas following an earthquake in Antarctica.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 18, 2020
Magnitude 5.1 earthquake jolts Izu Oshima area
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake, which measured a weak 5 on the shindo (intensity) scale, was detected in coastal Izu Oshima, on Friday at 6:09 p.m. In the same vicinity, a magnitude 4.7 earthquake, which measured 4 on the shindo scale, was detected at a depth of 10 kilometers in coastal Niijima-Kozushima,...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 22, 2020
Magnitude 5.8 earthquake jolts Ibaraki area
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake, which measured a weak 5 on the shindo (intensity) scale, was detected at a depth of 40 kilometers off the coast of Ibaraki Prefecture, on Sunday at 7:06 p.m.
JAPAN / Society / EXPLAINER
Nov 18, 2020
As nuclear worries linger, Tohoku plant heads for landmark restart
The restart, the first in the northeast, comes amidst controversial restarts in the country's west and debates over the energy source's role in a carbon neutral target.

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