Japanese earthquake

A research grant announced Tuesday will allow seismologists to take the first steps toward an early warning system for earthquakes in the Northwest. An operational system is still a long way off, but it could eventually resemble the computerized warnings pioneered in Japan.

Calling it an “emerging threat,” Sen. Maria Cantwell testified in congress yesterday that a floating debris field five-times the size of the state of…

SEATTLE – The Japanese tsunami back in March washed millions of tons of debris out to sea, and winds and currents are pushing it very slowly across the…

The public is invited to a special memorial service for the victims of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated much of northeastern Japan in March.The…

Even though the damaged nuclear reactors continue to cause problems in Japan, the amount of radiation reaching the Pacific coast is dropping.Public health…

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kplu/local-kplu-960221.mp3The earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis in Japan are reverberating across…