Earthquake
Japan to repair damaged undersea cables
March 19, 2011Aftershocks are still preventing Japan's telecommunication companies from repairing undersea cables, damaged in the recent earthquake and tsunami. To restore services, many providers have rerouted traffic to backup cables. KDDI, Japan's second-largest...
The moment the earthquake hit in Tokyo
March 19, 2011Tokyo is not exactly a hardship posting. The food is among the best in the world and everything works with polite efficiency. But this last week has been so tough that messages are going around the expat community with details of where to get counselling...
Japan nuclear threat: The tsunami is the bigger tragedy
March 19, 2011The apocalyptic visions of destruction brought by the Japanese earthquake and subsequent tsunami have been largely replaced in the media this week by reports of the struggle to control radiation from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant. This provides...
Japan nuclear plant power 'close'
March 19, 2011Workers are close to restoring power to cooling systems at a quake-hit Japanese nuclear power plant, officials say. Engineers are expected to connect a new power line to four of the six reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, north of Tokyo, by the...
One week after the disaster in Japan
March 18, 2011Chișinău / Moldova.ORG/ -- One week ago today, Japan had to face the biggest disaster of it’s contemporary history. A 9.0 magnitude earthquake has occured in Japan and a devastating tsunami has hit the North-Eastern coast, the calamities being...
Earthquakes may occur in Moldova as well
March 17, 2011Chișinău / Moldova.ORG/ -- Two days ago in Romania were reported two earthquakes – one in Banat and another in Vrancea. The quakes were brief and at a low intensity – 2,9 and 3,5 on Richter scale. It is not yet known if a reply may happen...
Nuclear power plants shut down in Germany
March 15, 2011Germany has temporarily shut down seven of its nuclear power plants while it reconsiders its nuclear strategy. Chancellor Angela Merkel said all reactors that went into operation before 1980 would be taken offline, while safety checks would be carried...
Japan – before and after (PHOTO, VIDEO)
March 15, 2011Chișinău / Moldova.ORG/ -- Five days after the disaster, Japan has changed radically. North East Coast, severely affected by both the earthquake and tsunami which occurred Friday, March 11 is now unrecognizable. Tsunami wave destroyed everything on...
Tokyo faces months of power cuts after quake
March 14, 2011The 35 million inhabitants of Tokyo and its surroundings are getting prepared for enforced power cuts that could last until the end of April. The government says damage and closures at many of the country’s power plants following Friday’s...
Two earthquakes reported today in Romania
March 14, 2011Chișinău / Moldova.ORG/ -- It seems that the world is devastated by earthquakes. After days of disaster and wreckage they have left in Sendai, Japan, earthquakes started to occur in Europe, more exactly in Romania. This morning a 3,5 degrees magnitude...