In a scientific first, researchers have tracked the elusive motion of a rare variety of earthquake during a seismic event ...

A Japan Meteorological Agency panel says no noticeable seismic activity has been observed in areas where a Nankai Trough ...

Seafloor sensors caught a rare slow quake in action. It hints at how Earth's stress is quietly released. For the first time, ...

Detection and analysis of seafloor deformation above a subducting plate interface such in the Nankai Trough is a key to understand how large earthquake nucleates in the plate interface. We conceived a ...

A manga called The Future I Saw predicted a great calamity on July 5, resulting in several travel cancellations on the date.

Wolfgang Löger, from Austria, decided to become a taxi driver in Tokyo when he was 50. After several years on the road, he’s ...

Japan is on high alert as government officials warn of an imminent "Nankai Trough megaquake" that could kill nearly 300,000 ...

Since June 21, as many as 1,031 earthquakes rattled the Tokara island chain south of the Kyushu region in Japan.

The public should prepare survival kits and learn basic earthquake-survival techniques, as earthquake and tsunami risks are ...

Japan has approved a comprehensive disaster preparedness strategy to mitigate the impact of a potential Nankai Trough ...

The Japanese government has announced that it would improve preparedness measures for a future Nankai Trough "megaquake" that could kill up to 300,000 people. Earlier in January 2025, an assessment ...