By Elaine Lies TOKYO, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Massive tsunami waves slammed into Japan's northeastern coast more than five years ago, killing about 18,000 people and prompting authorities to revise warning systems and evacuation plans to try to save more lives. On Tuesday, when a magnitude 7.4 quake hit the same area, the country swung into action, using lessons learned in the … [Read more...]
Tsunami Warning Issued After Large Earthquake Hits Off Fukushima, Japan
Tsunami Warning issued for Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Reports say a tsunami of 90cm has been observed at Onahama Port, Iwaki, Fukushima. By Yuka Obayashi and William Mallard TOKYO, Nov 22 (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake rocked northern Japan on Tuesday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said, generating a tsunami that hit the same region devastated by a … [Read more...]
Incident Photo of The Week – M/V Laurel Up and Out of Chile Dry Dock
This week's incident photo is of the M/V Laurel, a 26,800-deadweight-ton bulk carrier, which was in a dry dock undergoing routine maintenance in Talcahuano, Chile in February when an 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country. The quake generated two tsunamis, which lifted the M/V Laurel up and out of the dock, thrusting it forward onto the pier bulkhead. The ship's engine … [Read more...]
Chilean Earthquake Tsunami – Videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAJSM81y1lE Yesterday we showed you maps of the tsunami created by the February 27th 8.8 magnitude Chilean earthquake. Today we follow up with a collection of videos of the actual tsunami as it reached shores along the Pacific. All videos are aggregated by the International Tsunami Information Centre. An International Post-Tsunami Field … [Read more...]
Port Au Prince Haiti, Earthquake Damage – Incident Photo Of The Week
MARAD kindly sent these photos to gCaptain via our tip line ([email protected]) with the following note: … [Read more...]
Tsunami Infographics – Best Of The Web
Photo by mchaconcr Is the tsunami a maritime news story? Should gCaptain be providing coverage and at what level? These are some of the questions gCaptain editors have been facing since our founder's town, Morro Bay California, was partially evacuated last night. Our decision was to give the matter some time and solicit an article about the effects of tsunami's on ships, … [Read more...]
Building An Earthquake Resistant Bridge – Video
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZX9bYjkv_T8 . Frequently passing under bridges for a living and over them in the family sedan we, like most mariners, have a fascination with bridge design and basically all things we can drive our ships over, under or through. Here's a video on building the World's Largest Suspension Bridge.... in an earthquake zone. … [Read more...]