What is the Nankai Trough threat? In 2011, Japan experienced its strongest-ever earthquake - a magnitude 9.0 to 9.1 undersea megathrust event that triggered a devastating tsunami and nuclear crisis.

Japan was also struck by an undersea megathrust earthquake in 2011, which measured magnitude 9 to 9.1 on the Richter Scale. The 2011 disaster was also the most powerful earthquake Japan has ever ...

Just look at what happened in Tokyo. On March 11, 2011, the strongest earthquake ever recorded in Japan—a 9.0 megathrust—struck off the country’s northern east coast in the early afternoon.

The last megathrust earthquake to hit the region was in 1700, and the Northwest is now in the window for the next magnitude 9.0+ Cascadia fault quake and tsunami.

In a new study released in Science, researchers for the first time have detected and described a slow-slip earthquake during the act of releasing pressure on a major fault — Japan’s Nankai ...

Scientists for the first time have detected a slow slip earthquake in motion during the act of releasing tectonic pressure on a major fault zone at the bottom of the ocean.

Structural geology is the study of the deformation of the surface and subsurface of the Earth and other planetary bodies. This deformation reflects past changes in local and regional stress and ...

The Cascadia fault is not as loud, though. Scientists say that it might behave differently from the Nankai Trough. The fact that it remains largely silent makes it scarier. There are concerns that if ...

The 'megathrust' could have 2000 times more energy than the 2011 Christchurch earthquake.DAVID HALLETT / STUFF An 8.4 magnitude quake off the East Coast of New Zealand could release 2000 times ...

The world is watching Japan in July, a month that a manga comic has predicted will bring an ominous event to the country. Ryo Tatsuki, dubbed the country's Baba Vanga, seemingly alluded to the fact in ...