A "megaquake" hitting Japan in the next 30 years could trigger 100-foot tsunamis and kill hundreds of thousands of people.

Thousands of people marked on Friday the 30th anniversary of an earthquake that claimed more than 6,400 lives and levelled ...

A Japanese government committee on earthquake research has changed its estimate of the chance of a Nankai Trough megaquake in ...

According to the most recent report, the probability of a megaquake happening in the Nankai Trough, which spans offshore and ...

The probability of a magnitude-8 or -9 megaquake occurring in the Nankai Trough within the next 30 years has risen to “around ...

The chance of a megaquake occurring in the Nankai Trough within the next 30 years has increased to approximately 80 percent, ...

The Earthquake Research Committee said it has increased its estimate of the probability to between 75 and 82 percent from ...

A magnitude-6.6 earthquake jolts Japan's Kyushu region, sparking fear of potential destruction and aftershocks.

Though Monday's temblor struck a similar area to one in August that sparked the first advisory, no such alert was issued.

The Japan Meteorological Agency urged Kyushu residents to be wary of aftershocks from the strong Jan. 13 earthquake but said ...

A 6.9-magnitude earthquake rocked the southwestern part of Japan on Monday, Jan. 13, prompting a tsunami advisory to be ...

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