Jan. 26, 2025, marks 325 years since the last great earthquake on the Cascadia subduction zone. It’s a time to reflect on what we’ve learned about this largest fault system in the lower 48 states ...

The Japanese myth was rekindled in 2011 after the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. On March 11, a catastrophic 9.1 magnitude ...

Japan's government and experts have issued a warning about the increasing likelihood of a mega-earthquake striking the nation ...

The new threat level issued by Japan’s Earthquake Research Committee is similar to estimates published in the journal ...

MANILA, Philippines — A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Surigao del Norte on Thursday afternoon, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.

The Earthquake Research Committee said it has ... It concerns what is known as a subduction megathrust quake along the Nankai Trough, an 800-kilometre (500-mile) undersea gully running parallel ...

Earthquakes Seismograph Photo ... It concerns what is known as a subduction megathrust quake along the Nankai Trough, an 800-kilometre (500-mile) undersea gully running parallel to Japan ...

A Japanese government panel said Thursday it has slightly raised its estimated probability of a "megaquake" to up to 82 percent in the next 30 years. Such a jolt could potentially have a devastating 8 ...

The Earthquake Research Committee said it has ... It concerns what is known as a subduction megathrust quake along the Nankai Trough, an 800km undersea gully running parallel to Japan's Pacific ...

This area has a history of subduction megathrust earthquakes, with intervals of 100 to 200 years. The last major earthquake here was recorded in 1946. Government studies warn that a megaquake in ...