What Kumamoto revealed about Japan’s earthquake readiness

Roads stayed fairly clear after the quake. Water, care and daily life proved much harder to restore.

Claims that the recent magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck southwestern Japan was man-made have been spreading online, with experts dismissing the theory as unrealistic in technological, financial and practical terms. On July 28, the day the deadly earthquake hit Kumamoto prefecture, a user on social media who has pre