Japan has approved a new disaster plan. This plan aims to reduce deaths and damage from a potential Nankai Trough megaquake.

Slow-motion earthquakes, as you might guess from the name, involve the release of pent-up geological energy over the course of days or weeks rather than minutes – and scientists have now recorded some ...

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 is on high alert as government officials warn of an imminent "Nankai Trough megaquake" that could kill nearly 300,000 ...

Japan has approved a comprehensive disaster preparedness strategy to mitigate the impact of a potential Nankai Trough ...

Wolfgang Löger, from Austria, decided to become a taxi driver in Tokyo when he was 50. After several years on the road, he’s ...

A series of earthquakes near Japan’s remote Tokara Islands over the past two weeks, along with a major eruption from a ...