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

Tsunamis can travel thousands of kilometres across the ocean after an earthquake, volcanic eruption, or landslide ...

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 ...

On April 1, 1946, a strong earthquake near the Aleutian Islands in Alaska set off a massive tsunami that hit the Hawaiian ...

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 ...

The most recent risk assessment, outlined in maps published by the California Geological Survey, illustrate the devastation possible from extreme-but-realistic scenarios.

Last year, Japan issued its first-ever megaquake advisory that there was a "relatively higher chance" of a quake as powerful as magnitude 9 in the trough, after a magnitude-7.1 quake occurred at the ...

“Japan utilized data from several hundred ... Geological Survey's website for the extensive California tsunami hazard map. How long would Californians have to evacuate if a tsunami happened?