Experts fear a new earthquake in Japan. Reminder of the 2011 tsunami and explanations on the very important seismic activity in the Tokyo region. In front of video maps, interview with Pascal BERNARD, seismologist at the Institut de physique du Globe in Paris,
In Japan, the Center for Disaster Prevention studies the consequences of earthquakes and other seismic phenomena on the structure of buildings. Since the 1995 Kobe earthquake, specialized fire departments have been trained. Interviews with Dr KENICHI ABE, who talks about the nature of soils in Japan and the structure of houses, and then SHINYA NAKAGAKI, fire chief of Kobe, who talks about the importance of communication during a disaster.
After an earthquake in Ecuador, Japan a few hours earlier and also in the Tonga Islands, how to explain the conjugation of these earthquakes? Interview and analysis by Jérôme VERGNE, seismologist at the Earth Sciences Observatory in Strasbourg.
In the coming months Japan will experience a force 7 earthquake, it is a scientific prediction. Interview with a trader in rescue and survival equipment.