A Japanese government panel also predicted that an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.8 could occur near the trench within 30 ...

A research team in Japan has warned that unreleased stress energy at an undersea trench off northern Japan has become large ...

A study found that tectonic plates beneath the Chishima Trench are not slipping past each other but appear to be locked ...

While most of these are minor shakes, experts say Japan is due for a mega-quake—the next big earthquake in Japan that could cause widespread destruction. Recently, the Nankai Trough has been in ...

It's no coincidence. Just look at the mega-disaster Japan experienced in 2011, much bigger than this latest quake. That March, a 9.0-magnitude earthquake triggered a tsunami and a nuclear power ...

Japan's Meteorological Agency issued a mega-earthquake advisory on Aug 8, following a magnitude 7.1 temblor that rocked the western Kyushu region on the same day. What does the advisory mean?

On the morning of September 1, 1923, an earthquake with a magnitude believed to be around 7.9 rattled the Kanto region. The ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency urged Kyushu residents to be wary of aftershocks from the strong Jan. 13 earthquake but said the temblor did not heighten the risk of a dreaded Nankai Trough megaquake.

poor harvests and panic buying over a “mega quake” warning nearly doubled prices over a year. Japan had previously tapped its rice reserves to cope with disasters, but this marked the first ...

Navigating earthquakes is a tricky part of living in Japan. In the average year, Japanese people are shaken around 1,500 times. While most of these are minor shakes, experts say Japan is due for a ...