According to Japan's Earthquake Research Committee, there’s an 80 percent chance that a megaquake could occur in the Nankai ...

Just as the 1944 Showa Tonankai earthquake (magnitude-8.2) was followed by the Showa Nankai earthquake (magnitude-8.4) about two years later, a prolonged state of uncertainty could continue.

Japan is no stranger to massive destructive earthquakes, as the Nankai Trough has a long history of triggering some of such earthquakes. Here's a look at four of the worst earthquakes associated ...

The plate boundary has a history of huge earthquakes occurring in pairs. The JMA expert panel issues a megaquake alert or advisory, or concludes its analysis, based on the Nankai Trough ...

The current wave of earthquake rumors can be traced back to a manga by Ryuujin Ryuu, who claims to have predicted a major disaster in Japan for July 2025. The artist's prediction, which gained ...

This mountainous region in Shizuoka Prefecture sits near a major submarine fault, where a powerful earthquake is expected to strike — one that could unleash massive tsunamis. Overlooked by Mount ...

Last month, an earthquake task force formed by the Japanese government issued a risk assessment report, which estimated that up to 298,000 people could be killed in a Nankai Trough megaquake with ...

Nankai Trough quakes occur every 100 to 200 years along the plate boundary on Japan's Pacific coast. A member of the JMA's expert panel says research has confirmed that a major earthquake can ...

Tokyo: A 6.0-magnitude earthquake was recorded at Kyushu in Japan, according to reports. The tremor was reported at 7.34 pm ...

Japan has warned the next "big one" earthquake to hit its Pacific coast ... from a magnitude nine quake along a fault underneath the Nankai Trough, south of Japan's Honshu island.

TOKYO -- Roughly 60% of Japanese localities in the area where the next megaquake is expected to hit lack one or more critical supplies that would serve the needs of evacuees, according to a Nikkei ...

Kuroshio is at risk of experiencing a massive tsunami more than 30 meters high when the anticipated Nankai megathrust earthquake hits. “In Kuroshio, instead of preventing the effects of the ...