A huge 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck northern Japan early on Monday, a week after a 7.7-magnitude quake prompted the country to warn of a slightly increased risk of a megaquake ...

On Monday, at 4:53 P.M. local time, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the northeastern shores of Japan’s largest island, Honshu, where the Pacific tectonic plate plunges beneath the North American ...

The Cabinet Office released on March 31 slightly lower death and disaster projections from an expected Nankai Trough ...

Japan has been struck by a powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake.

Japan on Tuesday issued its first high-level warning that a so-called “megaquake” could follow the previous night’s 7.5-magnitude offshore tremor. The authorities cautioned that the coming days would ...

TOKYO (AP) — A 7.7 magnitude earthquake Monday off northern Japan sparked a short-lived tsunami alert and an advisory of a slightly higher risk of a possible megaquake for its coastal areas. The ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan issued a megaquake advisory Tuesday after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck off the eastern coast of Aomori, the northernmost prefecture of Japan’s main island of Honshu, and just ...

A MASSIVE 6.4 magnitude earthquake has shaken Japan just one week after a huge tremor sparked a tsunami and megaquake warning. The quake rocked Hokkaido, Japan’s northernmost main island, ...

There’s a small chance a megaquake could hit Japan in the following week. But what even is that? Here's our explainer, drawing from scientific measures, historical quakes and how the unique geological ...

The probability of a magnitude-8 or -9 megaquake occurring in the Nankai Trough within the next 30 years has risen to “around ...