A study found that tectonic plates beneath the Chishima Trench are not slipping past each other but appear to be locked ...

The probability of a “megaquake” happening in Japan within the next 30 years has risen to over 80 per cent, the government’s earthquake investigation panel found. A megaquake is defined as ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency on Aug. 8 issued the weeklong megaquake advisory for 29 prefectures along the Pacific coast. Here’s what you need to know. Q: What is the Nankai Trough Earthquake?

The Japan Meteorological Agency issued its first megaquake advisory, covering 707 municipalities from Okinawa to Ibaraki prefectures, after a magnitude-7.1 earthquake struck off Miyazaki ...

The shakes have left the 'Big One' on many Greater Victorian minds – a megaquake on the boundary between the Juan de Fuca and ...

Megaquake advisory issued (19:15 JST) Nankai Trough quakes occur every 100 to 200 years along the plate boundary between Suruga Bay in Shizuoka Prefecture and the Hyuganada Sea in Kyushu. The ...

As a megaquake threatens San Francisco, a series of foreshocks wreaks havoc across the city. Now, an elite team of emergency service and disaster experts converge on the anticipated epicenter ...

The Japanese government has started to roll out a rare auction of its emergency rice stockpiles in a bid to help drive down the surging price of the national staple.