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 ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency on Aug. 8 issued the weeklong megaquake advisory for 29 prefectures along the Pacific coast. Here’s what you need to know. Q: What is the Nankai Trough Earthquake?

The Japan Meteorological Agency issued its first megaquake advisory, covering 707 municipalities from Okinawa to Ibaraki prefectures, after a magnitude-7.1 earthquake struck off Miyazaki ...

The shakes have left the 'Big One' on many Greater Victorian minds – a megaquake on the boundary between the Juan de Fuca and ...

Megaquake advisory issued (19:15 JST) Nankai Trough quakes occur every 100 to 200 years along the plate boundary between Suruga Bay in Shizuoka Prefecture and the Hyuganada Sea in Kyushu. The ...

As a megaquake threatens San Francisco, a series of foreshocks wreaks havoc across the city. Now, an elite team of emergency service and disaster experts converge on the anticipated epicenter ...

TOKYO: Japan’s unprecedented megaquake advisory has prompted thousands of hotel cancellations in areas flagged as high-risk, dealing businesses a heavy blow in what would have been one of the ...

The Japanese government has started to roll out a rare auction of its emergency rice stockpiles in a bid to help drive down the surging price of the national staple.