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Paride Vitale: "Venite in Abruzzo, dove si spende poco e si respira aria di natura e di pace"

2024-06-22T09:51+0200247libero (it)

Quando Paride Vitale ha pensato di scrivere un libro dedicato all'Abruzzo, ossia la regione in cui è nato e cresciuto e alla quale sente di dover tornare più volte durante l'anno, pochi avrebbero scommesso sul fatto che avrebbe superato le guide di paesi come il Giappone e di città come New York.

Paride Vitale: «Venite in Abruzzo, dove si spende poco e si respira aria di natura e di pace»

2024-06-22T07:02+0200vanityfair (it)

Quando Paride Vitale ha pensato di scrivere un libro dedicato all'Abruzzo, ossia la regione in cui è nato e cresciuto e alla quale sente di dover tornare più volte durante l'anno, pochi avrebbero scommesso sul fatto che avrebbe superato le guide di paesi come il Giappone e di città come New York.

Moderate mag. 4.6 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 96 km southeast of Hitachi, Ibaraki, Japan, on Saturday, Jun 22, 2024, at 09:33 am (GMT +9)

2024-06-22T03:32+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Hitachi , a city with more than 190,000 inhabitants in Japan , in 96 km (60 mi) distance northwest of the epicenter. People likely experienced weak shaking there. Several smaller towns and villages are located closer to....

Heat waves deadlier than hurricanes. Make them ‘disasters’

2024-06-21T20:46+0200TheFrontierPost-en (en)

Mark Gongloff. Unlike other natural disasters, extreme heat doesn’t topple buildings, flood streets or turn road signs into missiles. It doesn’t provide a dramatic backdrop for daredevil weather reporters. What it mostly does is kill people, quietly and efficiently.

Second meeting of the Taskforce on Women, Peace and Security (WPS)

2024-06-21T14:38+0200japan-foreign-office (en)

At the outset, Minister Kamikawa stated that the purpose of this meeting was to share the progress made by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in terms of WPS since the first taskforce meeting in January this year, and to refer to the initiatives of the Cabinet Office, the Reconstruction Agency, the....

Second meeting of the Taskforce on Women, Peace and Security (WPS)

2024-06-21T14:04+0200mofa-go-jp (en)

At the outset, Minister Kamikawa stated that the purpose of this meeting was to share the progress made by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in terms of WPS since the first taskforce meeting in January this year, and to refer to the initiatives of the Cabinet Office, the Reconstruction Agency, the....

ROOVICE renovates 1970s japanese house with earthquake-safe design

2024-06-21T13:36+0200designboom (en)

in ‘s Minato ward, Japan , transforming it for continued rental use. The primary focus was enhancing the 70s two-story house for earthquake resistance, with safety forming the basis for aesthetic and functional upgrades. Japanese tradition and contemporary design, enhance the property’s functionality, safety, and aesthetic appeal.

Zusetsu: Nihon Moku... SAKAMOTO Isao (editor in chief), OONO Satoshi, OHASHI Yoshimitsu, KOSHIHARA Mikio, GOTO Osamu, SHIMIZU Shinichi, FUJITA Kaori, MITSUI Wataru (eds.) The architectural discipline in Japan covers a wide range of topics, including the theory and history of architecture, structural....

2024-06-21T13:35+0200u-tokyo (en)

The architectural discipline in Japan covers a wide range of topics, including the theory and history of architecture, structural engineering, environmental engineering, and building design and construction. The required basic architectural knowledge also ranges widely, encompassing physics, mechanics, sociology, history, etc.

Moderate mag. 4.6 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 202 km east of Futami, Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, Jun 21, 2024, at 03:47 pm (GMT +9)

2024-06-21T12:10+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

Based on data from the past 14 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 4.6 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi): Mag. 6 or higher: 0.04 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 25 years) Mag. 5 or higher: 5.5 quakes per year; Mag.

The 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake: A long, quiet initial rupture leading to multiplex fault ruptures

2024-06-21T09:16+0200phys (en)

Several active faults , primarily extending in a northeast-southwest direction, are known to exist in the Noto Peninsula and its surrounding areas. For approximately three years prior to the earthquake, slow aseismic crustal deformation and active seismicity, which were believed to be associated with subsurface fluid movement, had been observed.

Moderate mag. 4.4 earthquake - 33 km east of Hitachi, Ibaraki, Japan, on Friday, Jun 21, 2024, at 02:23 pm (GMT +9)

2024-06-21T07:37+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Iwaki , a city with more than 360,000 inhabitants in Japan , in 62 km (39 mi) distance north of the epicenter. People likely experienced weak shaking there. Many smaller towns and villages are located closer to the epicenter and might have experienced stronger shaking.

Moderate mag. 4.4 earthquake - 9.7 km west of Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan, on Friday, Jun 21, 2024, at 02:03 pm (GMT +9)

2024-06-21T07:19+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is hilosima si , a city of 1.2 million people in Japan , in 68 km (42 mi) distance north of the epicenter. People likely experienced weak shaking there. Many smaller towns and villages are located closer to the epicenter and might have experienced stronger shaking.

Moderate mag. 4.1 earthquake - 197 km south of Tsu, Mie, Japan, on Friday, Jun 21, 2024, at 05:07 am (GMT +9)

2024-06-20T22:20+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

Based on data from the past 54 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 31.1 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi): Mag. 7 or higher: 0.07 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 13.7 years) Mag. 6 or higher: 0.16 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 6.

Ursa Space partners with Japan’s NEC to deliver SAR data insights

2024-06-20T20:01+0200spacenews (en)

The Hangzhou Bay near Shanghai is one of the world's busiest ports. Ursa Space Systems relies on synthetic aperture radar and optical imagery to offer port-monitoring services. Credit: Ursa Space Systems WASHINGTON — Ursa Space Systems, a provider of satellite-derived intelligence, announced a new....

A long, quiet initial rupture leads to multiple fault ruptures

2024-06-20T19:30+0200exbulletin (en)

Study area summary of the 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake. Credit: Geophysical Research Letters (2024). doi: 10.1029/2024GL109224. At approximately 4:10 pm on January 1, 2024, the Noto area in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan , was hit by a large earthquake with an instantaneous magnitude of 7.5.

Gasoline: Costs gallop regardless of Brent retreat – 2024-06-20 16:12:53

2024-06-20T18:14+0200archyde (en)

Costs are galloping within the retail gas market that are positioned at highs of the final 8 months . Costs on the pump are on the ranges of final August. near 2 euros per liter, a stage after all that has been far exceeded in a number of areas. Fuels: “Hearth” on the exit of Easter (?) is the....

The 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake: A long, quiet initial rupture leading to multiplex fault ruptures

2024-06-20T17:48+0200wn (en)

At approximately 4:10 p.m. on January 1, 2024, the Noto region of Ishikawa Prefecture in Japan was hit by a large earthquake with a moment magnitude (Mw) of 7.5. This earthquake, known as the 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake, registered a maximum seismic intensity of 7 on the Japanese scale and caused....

Moderate 4.7 quake hits near Gamagōri, Gamagori, Aichi, Japan

2024-06-20T15:58+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

A moderately shallow magnitude 4.7 earthquake was reported late at night near Gamagōri, Gamagori, Aichi, Japan . According to Japan's National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED), the quake hit on Thursday, June 20th, 2024, at 10:23 pm local time at a moderately shallow depth of 34.

FACTBOX: Vladimir Putin and his pets

2024-06-20T13:15+0200itartass_en (en)

MOSCOW, June 20. /TASS/. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gave Russian President Vladimir Putin a pair of Pungsan hunting dogs, the DPRK’s national breed, in honor of his visit to the country, the state KCNA news agency reported on Thursday. TASS has summarized key facts about Putin’s pets. Dogs.

Moderate mag. 4.5 earthquake - 63 km southeast of Ishinomaki, Miyagi-ken, Japan, on Thursday, Jun 20, 2024, at 04:40 pm (GMT +9)

2024-06-20T09:56+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Sendai , a city of 1.1 million people in Japan , in 84 km (52 mi) distance west of the epicenter. People likely experienced weak shaking there. Many smaller towns and villages are located closer to the epicenter and might have experienced stronger shaking.

Moderate mag. 4.8 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 87 km east of Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan, on Thursday, Jun 20, 2024, at 02:37 pm (GMT +9)

2024-06-20T08:03+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Hachinohe , a city with more than 240,000 inhabitants in Japan , in 82 km (51 mi) distance west of the epicenter. People likely experienced weak shaking there. Several smaller towns and villages are located closer to the....

Light mag. 3.9 earthquake - 34 km south of Kashihara-shi, Nara, Japan, on Thursday, Jun 20, 2024, at 04:24 am (GMT +9)

2024-06-19T21:41+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Osaka , a city of 2.6 million people in Japan , in 62 km (38 mi) distance northwest of the epicenter. People likely experienced very weak shaking there. Many smaller towns and villages are located closer to the epicenter and might have experienced stronger shaking.

Death toll of Noto quake to hit 282, third highest since Heisei Era June 19, 2024

2024-06-19T12:39+0200ajw (en)

An additional 22 deaths are expected to be confirmed as caused by the Noto Peninsula earthquake, sending the disaster’s death toll to 282 and surpassing that of the 2016 Kumamoto quakes. That will make the New Year's Day quake the third deadliest quake in Japan since the Heisei Era (1989-2019),....

Space Force Assigns Ursa Space to Deliver Analytics to USINDOPACOM Post-Japanese Disaster

2024-06-19T12:20+0200spacedaily (en)

Ursa Space Systems, Inc., a leader in satellite insights, has completed a U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) task order supporting the US Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) in response to Japan 's recent natural disaster. Ursa Space has provided analysis of commercial space remote sensing....

Moderate mag. 4.1 earthquake - 65 km northwest of Sakata, Yamagata, Japan, on Wednesday, Jun 19, 2024, at 05:55 pm (GMT +9)

2024-06-19T11:12+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

Based on data from the past 54 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 25.7 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi): Mag. 7 or higher: 0.02 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 62.5 years) Mag. 6 or higher: 0.06 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 17.

Noto quake death likely to exceed that of Kumamoto temblor

2024-06-19T09:09+0200japantimes (en)

Kanazawa, Ishikawa Pref. – The death toll from the Noto Peninsula earthquake in Ishikawa Prefecture on Jan. 1 is likely to exceed of from the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake, it was learned Tuesday. At a joint meeting of the Ishikawa government and affected municipal governments in the central Japan ....

The demise toll from this 12 months’s Noto earthquake in Japan might surpass that of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake :: Media sympathetic to Newsis News Agency ::

2024-06-19T07:22+0200breakinglatest (en)

[서울=뉴시스] Reporter Kim Ye-jin = The demise toll from the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that struck Japan ’s Noto Peninsula on January 1 this 12 months is predicted to surpass that of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake. According to the Asahi Shimbun and native broadcaster NHK on the nineteenth, the day prior to....

MIL-OSI USA: Revisiting the 1957 Aleutian Earthquake: New Insights into Tsunami Hazards for Hawaiʻi

2024-06-18T23:42+0200foreignaffairs-nz (en)

Over the past 200 years of written records, the Hawaiian Islands have experienced tens of tsunamis generated by earthquakes in the subduction zones of the Pacific “Ring of Fire” (e.g., Alaska-Aleutian, Kuril-Kamchatka, Chile, and Japan ). Mapping and dating anomalous beds of sand and silt deposited....

Meet the Doomsday Fish that Strikes Fear in the Hearts of Sailors

2024-06-18T17:55+0200discovermagazine (en)

For hundreds of years, mariners and fishermen knew this sea creature as a herald of woe. Seeing one in the water or even washed up on shore was an omen, a warning of some impending disaster, typically a natural one, such as an earthquake or tsunami. In Japan , the creature was named “ryugu no tsukai,” a messenger from the palace of the sea god.

Devastating tsunami threatens this a part of the US (+Particulars)

2024-06-18T15:06+0200archyde (en)

Scientists say {that a} sturdy earthquake, adopted by a devastating tsunami, threatens the coast of america (USA). You might also be enthusiastic about: USA: Know for those who should pay taxes on the Social Safety retirement examine this 2024. In accordance with some scientists, the arrival of a....

Moderate mag. 4.4 earthquake - Southeast of Honshu, Japan, on Tuesday, Jun 18, 2024, at 06:28 pm (GMT +9)

2024-06-18T11:54+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

Mag. 6 or higher: 0.16 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 6.3 years) Mag. 5 or higher: 1.32 quakes per year; Mag. 4 or higher: 11.3 quakes per year; Mag. 3 or higher: 14 quakes per year; Mag. 2 or higher: 14 quakes per year. The area where this quake occurred has a very high level of seismic activity .

2024.06.18 HA/DR (military medicine)

2024-06-18T10:10+0200mod-go-jp-en (en)

Central Military Hospital of the Mongolian Armed Forces, Ulaanbaatar 227 Personnel from the Central Military Hospital of the Mongolian Armed Forces From 15 to 21 May, personnel from the JSDF Central Hospital and the Sapporo Hospital were dispatched to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, where they provided....

A handicraft artist is still displaced by the earthquake in Japan

2024-06-18T07:03+0200exbulletin (en)

Thousands of people remain displaced following the earthquake that struck Isekawa Prefecture in Japan on January 1 this year. The epicenter of the quake was on the Noto Peninsula, an area known for its traditional crafts, including the distinctive style of polished tableware and teaware made in the town of Wajima.

Space Force Assigns Ursa Space to Deliver Analytics to USINDOPACOM Post-Japanese Disaster

2024-06-18T05:16+0200terradaily (en)

Ursa Space Systems, Inc., a leader in satellite insights, has completed a U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) task order supporting the US Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) in response to Japan 's recent natural disaster. Ursa Space has provided analysis of commercial space remote sensing....

Ranked: The 5 Best Heavy Bombers of All Time

2024-06-18T03:56+0200nationalinterest (en)

Boeing B-29 Superfortress. This is the plane that ended World War II, thanks to Enola Gay and Bockscar. These two B-29s dropped the atomic bombs that convinced Imperial Japan ’s Emperor Hirohito to abandon the samurai Bushido code of no surrender and make his country endure the unendurable.

Lacquer crafts artist still displaced by earthquake in Japan

2024-06-17T23:43+0200theworld (en)

Thousands of people are still displaced following an earthquake in Isekawa province in Japan on Jan. 1 of this year. The epicenter of the quake was on the Noto Peninsula, an area known for its traditional crafts, including a distinct style of lacquered tableware and teaware made in the town of Wajima.

Lacquer crafts artist still displaced by earthquake in Japan

2024-06-17T23:40+0200pri (en)

Thousands of people are still displaced following an earthquake in Isekawa province in Japan on Jan. 1 of this year. The epicenter of the quake was on the Noto Peninsula, an area known for its traditional crafts, including a distinct style of lacquered tableware and teaware made in the town of Wajima.

MIT Uncovers Weather’s Role in Triggering “Earthquake Swarms”

2024-06-17T20:49+0200scitechdaily (en)

MIT researchers have linked heavy snowfall and rain to earthquake swarms in northern Japan , suggesting that extreme weather events can trigger seismic activity by altering underground pressures. This groundbreaking study highlights the potential for climate to impact geological events, with....

Moderate mag. 4.4 earthquake - 279 km south of Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan, on Tuesday, Jun 18, 2024, at 02:59 am (GMT +9)

2024-06-17T20:18+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

Based on data from the past 54 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 13.9 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi): Mag. 6 or higher: 0.05 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 20.8 years) Mag. 5 or higher: 0.84 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 1.

Moderate mag. 4.3 earthquake - 34 km SSW of Urakawa, Japan, on Tuesday, Jun 18, 2024, at 01:31 am (GMT +9)

2024-06-17T19:20+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Shizunai-furukawachō , a town with 22,000 inhabitants in Japan , in 55 km (34 mi) distance north of the epicenter. People likely experienced very weak shaking there. Several smaller towns and villages are located closer to....

Rare Palawan earthquake

2024-06-17T12:20+0200rappler (en)

MANILA, Philippines – Just a minute and a half before the hour of three in the afternoon of June 11, 2024 (Manila Time), an offshore area about a hundred kilometers off the eastern coast of Puerto Princesa, capital of Palawan, was struck by an earthquake, an extremely rare event given that Palawan....

Moderate mag. 4.5 earthquake - 63 km southeast of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan, on Monday, Jun 17, 2024, at 06:26 pm (GMT +9)

2024-06-17T11:46+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Miyazaki , a city with more than 310,000 inhabitants in Japan , in 63 km (39 mi) distance northwest of the epicenter. People likely experienced weak shaking there. Several smaller towns and villages are located closer to....

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