The new threat level issued by Japan’s Earthquake Research Committee is similar to estimates published in the journal Scientific Reports back in 2023, which found there’s a 70 to 80 percent ...

Twenty years ago the devastating Boxing Day Tsunami swept across Asia, causing death and destruction. And scientists are warning that the next big quake is overdue. DW travels to a village in ...

Known as a “megathrust earthquake,” the plates shifted by more than 20 meters, releasing enormous energy and causing tsunami waves up to 35 meters high – the height of a 10-story building.

Geophysicists have obtained detailed three-dimensional images of a dangerous megathrust fault west of Costa Rica where two plates of the Earth’s crust collide. The images reveal features of the fault ...

JAKARTA, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia, ranked among top 35 countries for natural disaster risk, is actively preparing for potential megathrust earthquakes that could trigger devastating tsunamis.

Asia is intersected by several tectonic plates that collide with each other, such as the Pacific and Philippine Plates meeting the Eurasian and Indo-Australian Plates. This makes Asia highly ...

Mr Daryono added that public discussion about the megathrust is not new as it was discussed even before the Aceh tsunami disaster in 2004, which killed more than 220,000 people.

Megathrust earthquakes have a high potential to trigger tsunamis and can cause significant damage to buildings in affected areas. This is due to the earthquake's strength, which can reach a magnitude ...

Megathrust earthquakes pose a significant threat, as they can trigger massive tsunamis capable of devastating coastal regions within minutes. Indonesia is not alone in facing this threat. Here is a ...