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 Chinese embassy in Tokyo inadvertently added to the fears by warning citizens to take precautions against natural ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Nankai Trough earthquake is a massive magnitude 8-class temblor that regularly occurs every 100 to 200 years at the plate boundary between Suruga Bay in Shizuoka Prefecture and the Hyuganada ...

In August last year, a 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck Miyazaki Prefecture at the western end of the Nankai Trough, prompting the Japanese government to issue a "major earthquake alert," the ...

TOKYO, August 8. /TASS/. The probability of a powerful earthquake occurring in the Nankai Trough in Japan has temporarily increased following the quake that hit off the coast of the southwestern ...

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 ...

The research will also assist in elucidating the mechanisms of earthquakes anticipated in Japan, such as Tokyo metropolitan near-field earthquakes and the interconnected Tokai, Tonankai, and Nankai ...