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 ...
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 ...
The Japanese government warns of an 80% chance of a magnitude 8-9 earthquake in the Nankai Trough within 30 years. Experts ...
A strong earthquake struck southwestern Japan, the U.S. Geological Survey said, prompting authorities to issue a tsunami ...
The Nankai Trough, where the Philippine Sea Plate is slipping under the Eurasia Plate at the bottom of the sea off the southwest coast of Japan, produces massive earthquakes about every 100-150 years.
Megaquakes in the Nankai Trough have occurred every 100 to 200 years over the past 1,400 years, with the most recent one recorded in 1946, according to Japan’s Headquarters for Earthquake ...
A strong earthquake rattled southern Japan on Monday ... place in a seabed zone along the Pacific coast known as the Nankai Trough, Reuters reported Monday. The Japan Meteorological Agency ...
A nearly 7.0 earthquake rocked southern Japan on Monday with no reports of damage to the two nuclear power plants in the area.