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Iceland (Grimsvotn volcano)
The eruption of Iceland’s Grimsvoetn volcano is considered over as there has not been activity there for days, a geologist at Iceland’s Meteorological Office told AFP Monday. “We can’t see any signs of anything but that the eruption is over. There has been no activity on our equipment since Saturday morning at 7:00 am (0700 GMT),” Steinunn Jakobsdottir told AFP. $$$
Japan (Fault rupturing mechanism)
The earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan on March 11 were generated on a fault that didn’t rupture in the usual fashion, according to a study by researchers at Stanford University and the University of Tokyo. The rupture initially shot westward, then slowed markedly in that direction while the fault began rupturing rapidly eastward. The “flip-flop” fault motion first shook Honshu violently, then deformed seafloor sediments on the fault plane with such force that they triggered the huge tsunami. What researchers don’t know is what the odds are that comparable faults could behave in a similar fashion. $$$$$$
China (Tsunami alert system)
A tsunami warning system, linking countries in the South China Sea region, has been proposed by China. “The system will allow countries to share information and enhance their ability to forecast tsunamis or other marine disasters,” Yu Fujiang, deputy director of the National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center under the State Oceanic Administration (SOA), told China Daily on Tuesday. $$$
Japan (local press in tsunami area)
The magnitude 9 quake and tsunami destroyed the Ishinomaki daily’s computers and presses. But reporters hit the streets and the publisher handwrote the day’s news on large sheets of paper to be posted around town. $$$
Japan (image tsunami)
Dramatic images have emerged from the massive tsunami of March 11 from a town official who evacuated to the rooftop of a three-story building and kept taking photos until the wall of water engulfed him. Nobuo Kato, 39, a public relations official in the town of Minami-Sanriku, was swept away immediately after the tsunami swept over the roof. $$$$$$
Japan (Taiwan practical aid)
Taiwan-made bicycles have played a big role in the disaster recovery effort in Japan after a massive earthquake and tsunami there on March 11, the world’s largest bicycle manufacturer said yesterday. The Taiwan-based Giant Global group said its donation of 1,000 mountain bikes to residents of northeastern Japan was well-received and the bikes were being used to meet transportation needs in the area, one of the hardest hit in the disaster. $$$
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