A powerful earthquake and tsunami predicted to occur in the Nankai Trough off the Pacific coast of Japan in the near future ...

Japanese experts estimate that long-term economic damage from an anticipated massive earthquake in the Nankai Trough off ...

A massive earthquake predicted to occur in the Nankai Trough within the next 30 years could cause 1,466 trillion yen ($10 ...

A long-feared megaquake along the Nankai Trough could cause 1,466 trillion yen ($10 trillion) in damage, experts said, ...

Tokyo, June 11 (Jiji Press)--A powerful earthquake and tsunami predicted to occur in the Nankai Trough off the Pacific coast ...

About 20,000 people were killed. Then there’s the looming threat of the Nankai Trough megathrust earthquake – the most powerful of its kind, with magnitudes that can exceed 9. Seismologists ...

Japan aims to reduce the projected death toll from a potential Nankai Trough megaquake by 80 per cent and cut structural ...

Measures include fortifying homes and fire safety installations, as well as building more embankments and emergency shelters ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency issued the advisory after concluding that the magnitude 7.1 quake that struck on Aug. 8 on the western edge of the Nankai Trough increased the likelihood of a ...

That raises the risk of an even larger quake on the Nankai Trough, an underwater subduction zone that scientists believe is capable of producing temblors up to magnitude 9.1. After a 7.1-magnitude ...

First, when the Agency records an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 or above within the Nankai Trough earthquake zone, it issues an “under review” earthquake alert.