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How Minoru Mori's Vision Made Tokyo Safer

Looking out the windows of Time's 37th floor office in Tokyo, I often feel a little anxious. Since moving to Japan at the end of December, the earthquakes have...

How Minoru Mori’s Vision Made Tokyo Safer

Looking out the windows of Time’s 37th floor office in Tokyo, I often feel a little anxious. Since moving to Japan at the end of December, the earthquakes have...

Ohio: Gas-drilling Injection Well Led to Quakes

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — A dozen earthquakes in northeastern Ohio were almost certainly induced by injection of gas-drilling wastewater into the earth, state...

Concrete Answers on Iran

Turns out, Iran’s susceptibility to earthquakes has generated some of the world’s toughest concrete. That helps buildings survive temblors. But it also could...

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Top 10 Deadliest Earthquakes

An 8.9-magnitude earthquake has hit northeastern Japan, producing a destructive tsunami that swept through several coastal areas. TIME takes a look at some of...

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