# japan earthquake tsunami warning

Japan Earthquake: Rescuers Search Rubble After Powerful Earthquake Strikes Japan » Officials ordered evacuations and said that some people could be trapped under collapsed buildings after a quake struck the western prefecture of Ishikawa. Nytimes.com

NERV Disaster Prevention - Apps on Google Play » The NERV Disaster Prevention App is a smartphone service that delivers earthquake, tsunami, volcanic eruption and emergency warnings, as well as provides … Play.google.com

Tsunami Warning Message Interpretation and Sense Making: Focus Group Insights » Abstract Hazard warning messages are intended to shift people from a sense of safety to a sense of risk, while providing guidance for protective action. Message features, such as the content elements that are included and the style in which a message is written or delivered, can strengthen or weaken a recipient’s ability to make sense of and act on the message. Under conditions of heightened uncertainty or imminent threat the strategies that people apply to interpret warning messages may make a difference in the protective actions that they choose to take. Importantly, when a hazard is unfamiliar and the threat is imminent, adequate mental models and clearly articulated messages become vital to one’s ability to make decisions about life safety. To better understand the message interpretation and the effects of message sense making on individual risk information processing, this article assesses warnings for an infrequently experienced threat: tsunamis. Using data from four focus groups this research finds Journals.ametsoc.org

On This Day: Papua New Guinea Tsunami of 1998 » On the evening of July 17, 1998, a 7 magnitude earthquake struck Papua New Guinea, followed by a series of three deadly tsunami waves. Ncei.noaa.gov

Yurekuru Call - Apps on Google Play » About 5 million users in Japan. The standard application of providing the Earthquake Early Warning. Providing the Earthquake Early Warning by a push … Play.google.com