Modern Mysteries

Strange foam fills streets after Japan quake

By T.K. Randall
April 17, 2016

Image: AI-generated (Midjourney) The peculiar substance, which first turned up on the city's roads and pavements in the early hours of Saturday morning, appeared following a magnitude 7.0 earthquake which shook the entire Kumamoto region just two days after an earlier magnitude 6.5 quake had struck the same area.

Believed to be directly related to the quakes, the foam has since become something of a social media phenomenon with residents uploading photographs and videos of it online.

Mystery foam fills the streets after earthquake strikes Japan https://t.co/r0w0gy6oIT (📷: @The_takafumi) pic.twitter.com/FTRR9bwo9V

— Mashable (@mashable) April 15, 2016

Between the two earthquakes more than 1,500 people have been injured and at least 41 killed. Authorities are now battling against the clock to rescue as many survivors as possible.

"Nothing is more important than human life and it's a race against time," said prime minister Shinzo Abe. "Daytime today is the big test. I want rescue activities to continue with the utmost effort."


Source: The Weather Network

Tags: Foam, Japan, Fukuoka