According to Japan's Earthquake Research Committee, there’s an 80 percent chance that a megaquake could occur in the Nankai Trough within the next 30 years. That's slightly up from the 70 to 80 ...

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

Megaquakes in the Nankai Trough have occurred every 100 to 200 years over the past 1,400 years, with the most recent one recorded in 1946, according to Japan’s Headquarters for Earthquake ...

A megaquake is defined as an earthquake with a magnitude of 8 or greater, bringing the potential for exceptional destructive power and a strong likelihood of generating a tsunami. The most likely ...

As the Japanese city of Kobe marked the 30th ... disasters updated its estimate of the threat posed by a major earthquake in the Nankai Trough, a 900km (560 miles) fault beneath the seabed off ...