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

The chance of a megaquake occurring in the Nankai Trough within the next 30 years has increased to approximately 80 percent, the government's earthquake investigation panel said Wednesday.

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

A Japanese government committee on earthquake research has changed its estimate of the chance of a Nankai Trough megaquake in the next 30 years to around 80 percent, from the previous 70 to 80 percent ...

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

Southern Japan was hit by a strong earthquake on Monday (Jan 13) that authorities said did not warrant the kind of megaquake ...

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

A nearly 7.0 earthquake rocked southern Japan on Monday with no reports of damage to the two nuclear power plants in the area ...

(Reuters) -Southern Japan was hit by a strong earthquake on Monday in a region that had been the subject of the nation's first ever megaquake advisory last year. A quake with a preliminary magnitude ...

A strong earthquake struck southwestern Japan, the U.S. Geological Survey said, prompting authorities to issue a tsunami ...

Japan's Meteorological Agency says an expert panel will investigate possible links between the strong tremor that hit ...