TOKYO: Japan has warned of a 70–80% chance of a magnitude 8–9 earthquake along the Nankai Trough within the next 30 years, ...

Japan has developed an undersea warning system that can detect earthquakes 20 seconds before they reach land, significantly ...

The “megathrust” earthquake’s undersea magnitude was 9.0, recorded as one of the worst in Japan’s history. It began on the Pacific seabed 45 miles away from the eastern coast of Japan, as reported by ...

Japan’s new earthquake-detection network lengthens warning times, and researchers in Wales have harnessed nuclear blast ...

TOKYO – Scientifically, it's almost a sure thing — Tokyo is awaiting a catastrophic earthquake. In fact, it's long overdue. And when it does hit, officials say, there is one other thing that ...

Japan, home to 125 million people, sits on four tectonic plates along the western edge of the Pacific's "Ring of Fire." Each year, it experiences around 1,500 earthquakes, almost 20% of those ...

Strong earthquake hits southwestern Japan, triggering temporary tsunami alerts Updated on: January 13, 2025 / 1:09 PM EST / CBS/AP 6.8 earthquake hits southwestern Japan ...

TOKYO — A powerful earthquake shook Japan’s western coast on Monday, collapsing buildings, burying some residents and sparking evacuation warnings amid fears of a tsunami. The 7.6-magnitude ...

Japan's mega-earthquake alert puts the country under stress. A large portion of the country remains under a mega-earthquake advisory warning until Thursday. This has led to widespread anxiety, ...

On August 8, the Japanese Meteorological Agency issued its first-ever “megaquake alert,” after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake rocked the Miyazaki prefecture in southern Japan earlier that day. The ...

Japan earthquake: Tsunami alert after 7.3 tremor his south of country – 24 hours after 10 died in separate quake. At least three people are believed to have died in the second quake ...