In the worst-case scenario, the disaster could cause damages reaching $1.83 trillion, destroy 2.35 million buildings, and ...

Japan is bracing for a potential megaquake in the Nankai Trough, with experts warning of catastrophic tsunamis reaching over ...

Japan is particularly exposed to deadly earthquakes ... the deadliest consequence will be the huge tsunami wave sweeping across the island. When an earthquake occurs beneath the ocean floor ...

On this anniversary, Japan is slowly rebuilding, and an optimistic feeling of permanence ... and the riverside is devoid of any vegetation at all. Toni, Iwate Prefecture: The tsunami wall was not ...

New report says a magnitude 9 tremor in the Nankai Trough has potential for damage equivalent to half of annual GDP ...

The coastline here is as beautiful as it is battered, in a region that has traditionally seen few tourists. But that’s starting to change.

Caribe Wave is an annual tsunami preparedness exercise set up by the United Nations and overseen by IOC-UNESCO. The date and time of the simulation are not a random choice: it is the anniversary of ...

A magnitude 9 quake in 2011 that triggered a devastating tsunami and the triple reactor meltdowns at a nuclear power plant in northeast Japan killed more than 15,000 people. Frontier Group , the ...

Over the past 1,400 years, megaquakes in the Nankai Trough have struck every 100 to 200 years, with the most recent occurring in 1946. A “megaquake” and the resulting tsunami could cause ...