Japan firm offers technology to detect sinkholes after Taiwan quake

A Japanese company is providing ground penetrating radar technology free of charge to help the quake-hit city of Hualien in eastern Taiwan detect sinkholes under roads during reconstruction.Tokyo-based Geo Search Co. will survey 50 kilometers of road in Hualien, which was struck by a magnitude 7.2 earthquake in April, over four days through Thursday and analyze the collected data for up to three weeks for subsurface anomalies that could develop into sinkholes or cause other disastrous collapses.The data will then be provided to the authorities for reference as they repair roads, Geo Search …READ FULL ARTICLE