Japan sees about an 80 per cent chance of a magnitude 8 to 9 earthquake along a seabed zone known as the Nankai Trough.

A "megaquake" and subsequent tsunami could cause as many as 298,000 deaths in Japan and damage costing up to $2 trillion, the ...

Currently, there are no reports of injuries or significant damage and no tsunami warning had been issued. A 6.0 magnitude ...

The March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the nuclear plant explosions that followed, are the biggest national emergency Japan has faced since World War II. As the scale of the damage emerges, how the ...

A "megaquake" and subsequent tsunami could cause as many as 298,000 deaths in Japan and damage costing up to $2 trillion, the government said Monday in a new estimate. The warning follows a ...

In a related development, a day after the tremor, the Japanese government released updated estimates concerning the potential impact of a major earthquake originating from the Nankai Trough. This ...

The potential impact of the Nankai Trough earthquake has long been a concern for Japan, and recent reports from the Japanese government's expert group shed light on its anticipated effects. On March ...

Japan's Meteorological Agency says the magnitude 7.7 earthquake that jolted central Myanmar on Friday was caused by ...

An earthquake of 6.0 magnitude struck Japan's Kyushu on Wednesday, according to the National Center for Seismology. No reports of any damage have been reported yet. Tremors of the first earthquake ...

While Hollywood has hyped up ‘The Next Big One’ as a massive earthquake in the US, many believe that a much more devastating ...

A strong earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter Scale struck Japan’s Kyushu region on Wednesday at 7:34 PM (IST), according to the National Center for Seismology (NCS). The earthquake occurred ...

Preliminary reports from the U.S. Tsunami Warning System said tsunami waves were possible for coastlines within about 190 miles of the earthquake’s epicenter, including those on Tonga. The system ...