A "megaquake" hitting Japan in the next 30 years could trigger 100-foot tsunamis and kill hundreds of thousands of people.

A Japanese government panel said on Thursday it had slightly raised its estimated probability of a "megaquake" to up to 82 ...

Such a jolt could potentially have a devastating 8-9 magnitude and trigger colossal tsunamis. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A Japanese government committee on earthquake research has changed its estimate of the chance of a Nankai Trough megaquake in ...

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A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 struck southern Japan on Monday night, sending tremors through the ...

TOKYO — A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 has hit southwestern Japan, the country’s Meteorological ...

Japan's nuclear plants faced global scrutiny after the devastating 2011 tsunami triggered by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake.

TOKYO -- A tsunami advisory was issued for part of southwest Japan after a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Monday, but the ...

A strong earthquake struck southwestern Japan today, and local authorities issued a tsunami warning. The US Geological Survey said the 6.8-magnitude quake struck Miyazaki Prefecture at a depth of 48.9 ...

A 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck off Japan's southwest coast Monday. Tsunami warnings for nearby areas have been lifted.

Tsunami advisories were issued for Miyazaki Prefecture, where the quake was centered, in the southwestern island of Kyushu, ...