Unfounded online rumours warning that a huge earthquake will soon strike Japan are taking a toll on travel firms and airlines ...

Unfounded online rumors warning that a huge earthquake will soon strike Japan are taking a toll on travel firms and airlines, ...

It previously estimated there was a “70 to 80 percent” probability of a megaquake off Japan’s heavily populated Pacific coastline during this period. The Nankai Trough stretches from ...

The rumours circulating in Hong Kong and Taiwan include claims based on a republished Japanese manga that allegedly predicts a natural disaster in July 2025. Others refer to a Facebook group that ...

Tina Dura, a geosciences professor at Virginia Tech, was the lead author on a new study that examined the risk of major coastal flooding in Washington, Oregon, and Northern California from two factors ...

One of the most dangerous fault lines that threatens the United States lurks off the coast of the Pacific Northwest, capable ...

Q: Is Japan prepared for this mega-quake? "Yes and no. Over 10 years ago, the government decided to take measures to reduce the death toll. The goal was an 80 percent reduction over 10 years.

While we don't expect an epic earthquake anytime soon, if one occurs, it could make it much more likely to flood in parts of ...

Up to 298,000 people in Japan could die in a megaquake occurring in the Nankai Trough, a revised estimate by the government's earthquake task force showed Monday, with efforts to mitigate damage ...

TOKYO -- Roughly 60% of Japanese localities in the area where the next megaquake is expected to hit lack one or more critical supplies that would serve the needs of evacuees, according to a Nikkei ...