Tsunami alert lifted after magnitude 6.6 earthquake rattles southwestern Japan
TOKYO — A tsunami advisory was issued for part of southwest Japan after a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Monday, but the warnings to stay away from coastal areas were later lifted. A few instances of minor damage were reported. Japan’s Meteorological Agency initially estimated the magnitude was 6.9 but later revised it to 6.6.
The chance of a megaquake occurring in the Nankai Trough within the next 30 years has increased to approximately 80 percent, ...
A Japanese government committee on earthquake research has changed its estimate of the chance of a Nankai Trough megaquake in ...
(Reuters) -Southern Japan was hit by a strong earthquake on Monday that authorities said did not warrant the kind of megaquake warning that was triggered for the first time last year. A quake with a ...
The Nankai Trough, where the Philippine Sea Plate is slipping under the Eurasia Plate at the bottom of the sea off the south-west coast of Japan, produces massive earthquakes about every 100-150 ...
The Earthquake Research Committee said it has increased its estimate of the probability to between 75 and 82 percent from ...
A "megaquake" hitting Japan in the next 30 years could trigger 100-foot tsunamis and kill hundreds of thousands of people.
U.S. Army aviators and Japanese troops are participating in Nankai Rescue, a U.S.-Japan disaster drill that kicked off Monday ...
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