The Japanese government has warned of catastrophic economic damage and nearly 300,000 deaths when the next "megaquake" hits the archipelagic nation, according to a new estimation released on Monday.

Japan warns of a catastrophic megaquake along the Nankai Trough, with the potential to trigger massive tsunamis, destroy ...

Cornell-led researchers drilled 7 km deep into the Japan Trench to study the fault behind the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, ...

Over the past 1,400 years, megaquakes in the Nankai Trough have struck every 100 to 200 years, with the most recent occurring ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued its first advisory of a megaquake along the Nankai Trough, which is a 900-km ...

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A newly released Japanese government report warns that a long-feared massive earthquake in the nation’s Nankai Trough could ...

Tokyo: A massive earthquake and tsunami along Japan’s Nankai Trough could result in up to 298,000 deaths and economic losses ...

A disaster of unimaginable scale looms over Japan as its government is warning that the next ‘megaquake’ could kill as many ...

Japan sees about an 80 per cent chance of a magnitude 8 to 9 earthquake along a seabed zone known as the Nankai Trough.

A possible magnitude-nine earthquake along the Nankai Trough, a submarine trough near the South of Japan, may lead to up to ...