Geologists don't have a crystal ball that can foresee future earthquakes, but seismic specialists in the Japanese government ...

A Japanese government panel said Thursday it has slightly raised its estimated probability of a "megaquake" to up to 82 ...

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 ...

TOKYO -- A tsunami advisory was issued for part of southwest Japan after a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Monday, but the ...

Korea, the next country, is also increasingly anxious about the 6.9-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Miyazaki Prefecture east of Kyushu, Japan.A ...

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

The probability that a Nankai Trough megaquake will occur in ... Every year, the Headquarters for Earthquake Research Promotion recalculates the probability of earthquakes occurring in the active ...

A strong earthquake struck southwestern Japan, the U.S. Geological Survey said, prompting authorities to issue a tsunami ...

TOKYO — A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 has hit southwestern Japan, the country’s Meteorological ...

The probability of a "megaquake" hitting Japan that could trigger enormous tsunamis and kill hundreds of thousands of people is now 82 percent, according to a Japanese government panel. The ...

Southern Japan was hit by a strong earthquake on Monday that authorities said did not warrant the kind of megaquake warning that was triggered for the first time last year.

Southern Japan experienced a significant earthquake with a magnitude of 6.9 in the Kyushu region. This comes after a ...