Megaquakes

A false warning of a megaquake about to strike Tokyo was issued by Japan's weather agency and quickly cancelled today, but not before terrifying users of a smartphone app who received it.

The parachutes slowly float down from Chinook helicopters, first carrying boxes of supplies and then the paratroopers who set up a field operations center as part of a readiness drill for a megaquake and tsunami.

A false warning of a megaquake about to strike Tokyo was issued by Japan's weather agency and quickly cancelled today, but not before terrifying users of a smartphone app who received it.

The parachutes slowly float down from Chinook helicopters, first carrying boxes of supplies and then the paratroopers who set up a field operations center as part of a readiness drill for a megaquake and tsunami.