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The Japan Earthquake and Tsunami

On March 11, a powerful, 8.9-magnitude quake hit northeast Japan, triggering a tsunami with 10-meter-high waves that reached the U.S. West Coast.

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Worldwide Monitoring Network Allows for Rapid Tsunami Warnings

At 2:46 P.M. Tokyo time, one of the largest earthquakes of the past century hit just off the coast of Honshu, the main island of Japan. The 8.9-magnitude quake stirred up massive tsunami waves that battered coastal cities, especially along the east coast north of Tokyo.

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Seconds Before the Big One: Progress in Earthquake Alarms

Editor's note (3/11/11): This article is from the forthcoming April issue of S cientific Aemrican . We are posting the text of the article early in light of the deadly Japan earthquake and resulting tsunami

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‘Sixth sense’ for earthquake prediction? Give me a break!

This post is a slightly edited version of my December 29, 2004, post written in reaction to media reports about a "sixth sense" in animals, that supposedly allows them to avoid a tsunami by climbing to higher ground.

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Japan earthquake demonstrates the limits—and power—of science

Will seismologists ever be able to reliably predict the exact location, time and magnitude of earthquakes like the one that just devastated Japan and sent tsunamis racing across the Pacific Ocean? If so, they might be able to save many lives.

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