Japan’s New Seafloor Monitors to Drive Quake Early Warning System - WhoWhatWhy

Japan’s New Seafloor Monitors to Drive Quake Early Warning System - WhoWhatWhy

Japan’s New Seafloor Monitors to Drive Quake Early Warning System (Maria) The author writes, “In August 2024, the Hyūga-Nada earthquake erupted off the southeast coast of Japan near the Nankai Trough, where a plate of ocean crust plunges into the mantle. The magnitude 7.1 earthquake injured 16 people and damaged a handful of buildings and stirred fears of something much worse. … Fortunately, Japan will soon be far better prepared than years ago.…