Geologists don't have a crystal ball that can foresee future earthquakes, but seismic specialists in the Japanese government ...

Japan's government and experts have issued a warning about the increasing likelihood of a mega-earthquake striking the nation ...

A "megaquake" hitting Japan in the next 30 years could trigger 100-foot tsunamis and kill hundreds of thousands of people.

Government panel reveals more than 80 per cent probability of massive earthquake along Nankai Trough, an 800km-long undersea ...

The probability that a Nankai Trough megaquake will occur in the next 30 years has risen to “around 80%,” according to new ...

The probability of a magnitude-8 or -9 megaquake occurring in the Nankai Trough within the next 30 years has risen to “around 80 percent,” according to the government’s Earthquake Research Committee.

The government lifted its megaquake advisory just after 5 p.m. on Aug. 15, but urged the public to remain vigilant for a possible Nankai Trough earthquake. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued ...

After an investigation, the JMA said the quake did not warrant special measures related to seismic activity in the Nankai Trough. The Nankai Trough, where the Philippine Sea Plate is slipping ...

Tremors in the Nankai Trough, south of Kobe, have increased recently as seismologists flag higher risks of a major quake in ...

It concerns what is known as a subduction megathrust quake along the Nankai Trough, an 800-kilometre (500-mile) undersea gully running parallel to Japan's Pacific coast. The trench is where the ...

The panel at the time concluded that Monday’s earthquake was not a phenomenon that could be considered to have relatively increased the possibility of a Nankai Trough earthquake occurring ...

According to Japan's Earthquake Research Committee, there’s an 80 percent chance that a megaquake could occur in the Nankai Trough within the next 30 years. That's slightly up from the 70 to 80 ...