TOKYO -- Roughly 60% of Japanese localities in the area where the next megaquake is expected to hit lack one or more critical ...

While the Nankai Trough earthquake poses minimal direct risks to Hong Kong, it underscores the importance of preparedness. Residents should stay informed and consider emergency plans. For travelers, ...

Last year the government issued its first 'megaquake' advisory. Ever since, those living in the areas it's expected to hit ...

The probability of a magnitude-8 or -9 megaquake occurring in the Nankai Trough within the next 30 years has risen to “around 80 percent,” according to the government’s Earthquake Research ...

Japanese manufacturers are accelerating efforts to mitigate the economic impact of a massive earthquake forecast to occur in the Nankai Trough off the country's Pacific coast. Last week ...

The embassy introduced estimated damage figures provided by experts at the Japanese Cabinet Office regarding a potential Nankai Trough earthquake and advised on stockpiling emergency food and ...

The Chinese embassy in Tokyo inadvertently added to the fears by warning citizens to take precautions against natural ...

The current wave of earthquake rumors can be traced back to a manga by Ryuujin Ryuu, who claims to have predicted a major disaster in Japan for July 2025. The artist's prediction, which gained ...

A rumor circulating in Hong Kong that a huge earthquake and tsunami will hit Japan this summer led to such a sharp drop in ...

The estimated distribution of seismic intensity and tsunami height in the event of a megaquake occurring along the Nankai Trough, running along the Pacific coast of West Japan, were announced.

Scientists are sounding the alarm over a potentially ‘apocalyptic’ megaquake in the Nankai Trough — a seismic hotspot long overdue for eruption. With an 80% chance of striking within the ...

The warning came after a Japanese government report on March 31 about the threat posed by a possible major quake in the Nankai Trough, a 900km (560-mile) fault that runs parallel to the coast off ...