The new threat level issued by Japan’s Earthquake Research Committee is similar to estimates published in the journal ...

Japan's government and experts have issued a warning about the increasing likelihood of a mega-earthquake striking the nation ...

The panel at the time concluded that Monday’s earthquake was not a phenomenon that could be considered to have relatively increased the possibility of a Nankai Trough earthquake occurring ...

Megaquakes in the Nankai Trough have occurred every 100 to 200 years over the past 1,400 years, with the most recent one recorded in 1946, according to Japan’s Headquarters for Earthquake ...

The Great Nankai Earthquake' refers to a huge earthquake in the Nankai Trench, which occurs when the Philippine version below the Philippine Sea digs under the Eurasian version of the Japanese ...

U.S. Army aviators and Japanese troops are participating in Nankai Rescue, a U.S.-Japan disaster drill that kicked off Monday.

Southern Japan has been hit by a strong earthquake that authorities say did not warrant the kind of megaquake warning that was triggered for the first time last year. A quake with a preliminary ...

said it would begin a temporary investigation into the possibility of issuing an emergency advisory alert regarding a potential Nankai Trough earthquake, holding an evaluation meeting among ...

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.