The panel estimated the probability of an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8-8.5 occurring along the Chishima Trench off the ...

TOKYO -- Japan on Thursday said the possibility of a huge earthquake over a wide swath of central and western parts of the country has increased relative to normal conditions following a magnitude 7.1 ...

Navigating earthquakes is a tricky part of living in Japan. In the average year, Japanese people are shaken around 1,500 times. While most of these are minor shakes, experts say Japan is due for a ...

In August last year the Japanese authorities issued an unprecedented earthquake warning to communities near the Nankai Trough south of Honshū and Shikoku. A book by a veteran seismologist urges people ...