World's largest quake simulator opened to public

World's largest quake simulator opened to public

What is claimed to be the world's largest earthquake simulator -- capable of artificially generating tremors of intensity levels greater than the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake -- is opened to the public Oct. 8. The simulator was unveiled at a shipyard in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, operated by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. The company built the machine at the request of the Science and Technology Agency's National Research Institute for Disaster Prevention.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA000000696
  • Registered date
  • 1998/10/09 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • Media size
  • 1717 × 1222 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 0 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 260.85(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    (5) Fire on unfinished luxury liner put out

    (5) Fire on unfinished luxury liner put out

    NAGASAKI, Japan - A fire that broke out Oct. 1 on the unfinished 113,000-ton luxury liner Diamond Princess was extinguished Oct. 2. The vessel, owned by British shipping company P&O Princess Cruises PLC, was under construction at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.'s Nagasaki shipyard and was to be one of the world's largest luxury liners.
      (3) Fire on unfinished luxury liner put out

      (3) Fire on unfinished luxury liner put out

      NAGASAKI, Japan - A fire that broke out Oct. 1 on the unfinished 113,000-ton luxury liner Diamond Princess was extinguished Oct. 2. The vessel, owned by British shipping company P&O Princess Cruises PLC, was under construction at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.'s Nagasaki shipyard and was to be one of the world's largest luxury liners.
        (5) Fire on unfinished luxury liner put out

        (5) Fire on unfinished luxury liner put out

        NAGASAKI, Japan - A fire that broke out Oct. 1 on the unfinished 113,000-ton luxury liner Diamond Princess was extinguished Oct. 2. The vessel, owned by British shipping company P&O Princess Cruises PLC, was under construction at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.'s Nagasaki shipyard and was to be one of the world's largest luxury liners.
          (4) Fire on unfinished luxury liner put out

          (4) Fire on unfinished luxury liner put out

          NAGASAKI, Japan - A fire that broke out Oct. 1 on the unfinished 113,000-ton luxury liner Diamond Princess was extinguished Oct. 2. The vessel, owned by British shipping company P&O Princess Cruises PLC, was under construction at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.'s Nagasaki shipyard and was to be one of the world's largest luxury liners.
            (7) Fire on unfinished luxury liner put out

            (7) Fire on unfinished luxury liner put out

            NAGASAKI, Japan - A fire that broke out Oct. 1 on the unfinished 113,000-ton luxury liner Diamond Princess was extinguished Oct. 2. The vessel, owned by British shipping company P&O Princess Cruises PLC, was under construction at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.'s Nagasaki shipyard and was to be one of the world's largest luxury liners.