Japan has approved a comprehensive disaster preparedness strategy to mitigate the impact of a potential Nankai Trough ...

The Nankai Trough megaquake could kill up to 300,000 people, according to an estimate. The risk of a magnitude 8 earthquake ...

In a scientific first, researchers have tracked the elusive motion of a rare variety of earthquake during a seismic event ...

A Japan Meteorological Agency panel says no noticeable seismic activity has been observed in areas where a Nankai Trough ...

Japan has approved a comprehensive disaster preparedness strategy to mitigate the impact of a potential Nankai Trough ...

Seafloor sensors caught a rare slow quake in action. It hints at how Earth's stress is quietly released. For the first time, ...

To fix this, the Japanese government rolled out an updated plan on July 1. This new plan calls for faster construction of sea ...

Japan`s government unveils a new disaster preparedness plan amid rising fears of a major earthquake in the Nankai Trough ...

Since June 21, as many as 1,031 earthquakes rattled the Tokara island chain south of the Kyushu region in Japan.

Quakes are extremely hard to predict, but in January a government panel marginally increased the probability of a major jolt ...

Japan has approved a new disaster preparedness plan to mitigate the impact of a potential Nankai Trough megaquake, which ...

Scientists have uncovered a rare slow-motion earthquake in Japan’s most tsunami-prone fault zone.