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

The new threat level issued by Japan’s Earthquake Research Committee is similar to estimates published in the journal ...

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck southwestern ... Sitting on top of four major tectonic plates along the western edge of the Pacific "Ring of Fire", Japan is one of the world's most tectonically ...

The Japanese government warns of an 80% chance of a magnitude 8-9 earthquake in the Nankai Trough within 30 years. Experts ...

The cause of the potential earthquake is the movement of two tectonic plates ... the Japan Meteorological Association issued its first megaquake advisory since the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and ...

Japan is among the most earthquake-prone countries globally, due to it sitting across four converging tectonic plates that grind ... earthquake ever recorded in 2011, a magnitude-9.1 quake ...

The Earthquake Research Committee said it has increased its estimate of the probability to between 75 and 82 percent from ...

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck southwestern ... Sitting on top of four major tectonic plates along the western edge of the Pacific “Ring of Fire”, Japan is one of the world’s most ...

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck southwestern Japan late on Monday, causing two small tsunamis in the area but no damage reported.

“However, it is important to keep in mind that an earthquake could occur ... Ring of Fire Japan sits on top of four major tectonic plates along the western edge of the Pacific “Ring of Fire ...