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.

Currently, there are no reports of injuries or significant damage and no tsunami warning had been issued. A 6.0 magnitude ...

This trench is where the Philippine ... the extent of damage depends on their location and depth below the Earth's surface. In August last year, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued ...

Director Teresito Bacolcol said the country remains highly vulnerable to powerful earthquakes, including tremors stronger ...

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

Following the deadly earthquake in Myanmar last week, Malacañang has urged local government officials to inspect structures ...

Similarly, Senate President Francis Escudero wanted “a fresh inspection of public and private structures,” given the country’s location in ... conducted by the Japan International ...

In Japanese mythology, a gigantic catfish living underground causes earthquakes. The ruins of Shigetsu Castle’s stone walls lie further north of the location where the city’s cultural property ...

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

In Kushiro, which has a population of about 153,000, an earthquake around the Japan Trench or Kuril Trench, where the Pacific plate collides with the Eurasian plate, is expected to kill up to ...