Sony Kumamoto sensor factory: first public footage of the 2016 earthquake On April 16, 2016, disaster struck in Kumamoto in the Kyushu region of Japan. A series of earthquakes, including an unprecedented 7.0 mainshock struck beneath Kumamoto City where Sony's sensor factory resides. The factory itself was a mere 20 kilometers from the earthquake's epicenter. A foreshock (warning) of magnitude 6.2 came approximately two days earlier, which gave the factory time to evacuate; however, the damage to...
Sony Kumamoto sensor factory: first public footage of the 2016 earthquake On April 16, 2016, disaster struck in Kumamoto in the Kyushu region of Japan. A series of earthquakes, including an unprecedented 7.0 mainshock struck beneath Kumamoto City where Sony's sensor factory resides. The factory itself was a mere 20 kilometers from the earthquake's epicenter. A foreshock (warning) of magnitude 6.2 came approximately two days earlier, which gave the factory time to evacuate; however, the damage to...
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