A government panel has revised its damage estimate for an anticipated mega-quake in the Nankai Trough off Japan's Pacific ...

If such a megaquake were to occur, it could potentially cause a dangerous tsunami that could put thousands of lives at risk. Japan's meteorological agency has published a map showing which parts ...

Experts now believe there is an 80 per cent chance of a magnitude nine tremor occurring in the Nankai Trough off Japan's ...

A long-feared megaquake off Japan’s southern coast could result in almost 300,000 deaths, according to a new model released by the government.In the worst-case scenario, a megaquake in the Nankai ...

Experts now believe there is an 80 per cent chance of a magnitude nine tremor occurring in the Nankai Trough off Japan's Pacific ... 215,000 deaths caused by tsunami waves exceeding 30m (98ft ...

TOKYO (AFP): Japan issued a tsunami advisory for some coastal regions early Monday (Oct 9) following a series of shallow quakes in the Izu islands in the Pacific Ocean but it was later lifted ...

A powerful earthquake struck off Japan's southern coast on Thursday, triggering a tsunami advisory that urged residents to stay away from the coastline. Three people were injured but there were no ...

On Friday, March 11, 2011 at 2:46:23 p.m. local time, an 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck Japan, the largest in recorded history. The resulting tsunami that swept the coast resulted in over 10,000 ...

Deputy Director-General, Managing Director, Dr. Create tsunami-resilient communities through an early warning and tsunami observation network In Japan, higher tsunamis than those envisaged in each of ...

In parts of northeast Japan, mourners bowed their heads and prayed on March 11 to remember the victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami that devastated the Tohoku region exactly 13 ...