A "megaquake" hitting Japan in the next 30 years could trigger 100-foot tsunamis and kill hundreds of thousands of people.

This event, known as the Hoei Earthquake, not only devastated regions along the coast but also triggered the last eruption of Mount Fuji. "It has been 79 years since the last earthquake ...

The probability of a “megaquake” happening in Japan within the next 30 years has risen to over 80 per cent, the government’s earthquake investigation panel found. A megaquake is defined as an ...

The earthquake headquarters has since led government ... The Sekotsuji district of Fuji in Shizuoka Prefecture stands 14 kilometers southeast of Japan's tallest peak. Were Mount Fuji to erupt ...

The locations of the earthquakes raised concerns among the public that potentially catastrophic events could follow, namely an eruption of Mount Fuji or a Nankai Trough megaquake. But the Japan ...

Tremors in the Nankai Trough, south of Kobe, have increased recently as seismologists flag higher risks of a major quake in ...

unleashing an earthquake that remains the nation’s second-most powerful on record. That quake – which also triggered the last eruption of Mount Fuji – was followed by two powerful Nankai ...

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