As Japan marks 13 years since 2011 earthquake & tsunami, experts warn of another megaquake
A study found that tectonic plates beneath the Chishima Trench are not slipping past each other but appear to be locked ...
In Japan, fears mount of a massive 2011-style earthquake on disaster anniversary
Scientists warn seismic energy accumulating under the Chishima Trench off Hokkaido has the potential to trigger a magnitude-8 ...
Experts: Unreleased stress energy off Hokkaido is enough to trigger mega-quake
A research team in Japan has warned that unreleased stress energy at an undersea trench off northern Japan has become large ...
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Feature: Japan's Small Island Communities Prepare To Ride Out Disasters Alone
File photo taken in July 1993 shows the Aonae district in the southern part of Okushiri Island burning after an earthquake ...
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Japan raises probability of megaquake to over 80% in next 30 years
The earthquake, which was felt throughout Japan ... a megaquake in the next 30 years include the coast off Nemuro in Hokkaido, along the Chishima Trench, and the coast of Miyagi Prefecture ...
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Hokkaido quake spurs rethink of information delivery
The Hokkaido earthquake shut down many facilities, including the tourist information center in Sapporo that might have been the first port of call for many visitors seeking information ...
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Megaquake could kill up to 199,000 people, estimates suggest
Estimates prepared for the Cabinet project that if a massive magnitude-9 earthquake struck off the Pacific coast from Hokkaido to Tohoku, it would generate a tsunami and kill up to 199,000 people ...
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What is shindo? Japan's unique metric for seismic intensity
the 2004 Chuetsu earthquake that killed 46 and derailed a bullet train; the Kumamoto quake in 2016; the March 2011 quake; and the 2018 quake that struck Hokkaido. Until 1996, shindo was mostly mea ...