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Japanese authorities urged the 89 residents of a small southern island to evacuate after a strong earthquake on Thursday, the ...
Japan has approved a new disaster plan. This plan aims to reduce deaths and damage from a potential Nankai Trough megaquake.
A Japan Meteorological Agency panel says no noticeable seismic activity has been observed in areas where a Nankai Trough ...
Seafloor sensors caught a rare slow quake in action. It hints at how Earth's stress is quietly released. For the first time, ...
Japan has approved a comprehensive disaster preparedness strategy to mitigate the impact of a potential Nankai Trough ...
Japan is on high alert as government officials warn of an imminent "Nankai Trough megaquake" that could kill nearly 300,000 ...
Wolfgang Löger, from Austria, decided to become a taxi driver in Tokyo when he was 50. After several years on the road, he’s ...
The Nankai Trough is a 700-kilometer long (435-mile) subduction zone, which refers to when tectonic plates slip beneath each other. Most of the world’s earthquakes and tsunamis are caused by ...
A long-feared megaquake along the Nankai Trough could cause 1,466 trillion yen ($10 trillion) in damage, experts said, revising up their previous estimate by 56 trillion yen.