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Experts warn that the Nankai Trough fault line poses a serious earthquake and tsunami risk to Japan, threatening lives. ( read original story ...)

Experts warn that the Nankai Trough fault line poses a serious earthquake and tsunami risk to Japan, threatening lives. ( read original story ...)

Japan Thursday lifted a week-long megaquake advisory that urged increased preparedness for a possible huge earthquake along the country's coast. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s government Thursday ended a weeklong information campaign urging caution and preparedness for a possible “megaquake” — an earthquake of magnitude 8 strength or higher — striking the Pacific coast. The announcement came after no abnormal seismic activity was detected during the past week. ( read original story ...)

Fears that a quake last week was a foreshock have prompted the government to make sure people are as prepared as possible. ( read original story ...)

A photo of a road damaged in an earthquake in January 2024 in Japan was shared repeatedly in a misleading context on social media after a magnitude 7.1 jolt hit the East Asian country in August . A Japanese government spokesperson said no disruptions to infrastructure -- including electricity, ( read original story ...)

A photo of a road damaged in an earthquake in January 2024 in Japan was shared repeatedly in a misleading context on social media after a magnitude 7.1 jolt hit the East Asian country in August . A Japanese government spokesperson said no disruptions to infrastructure -- including electricity, ( read original story ...)

Japan is preparing to end the alert for an elevated risk of a mega quake if there are no further developments, the nation’s top spokesperson said. The country will end the Nankai trough earthquake warning as of 5 pm local time on Aug 15 as long as ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is preparing to end the alert for an elevated risk of a mega quake if there are no further developments, the nation’s top spokesperson said. The country will end the Nankai trough earthquake warning as of 5 pm local time on Aug 15 as long as ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — Japan, one of the most earthquake-prone nations on earth, issued its first-ever “megaquake advisory” last week after a powerful quake struck off the southeastern coast of the southern main island of Kyushu. The magnitude 7.1 quake caused no ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Japan — Japan, one of the most earthquake-prone nations on earth, issued its first-ever “megaquake advisory” last week after a powerful quake struck off the southeastern coast of the southern main island of Kyushu. The magnitude 7.1 quake ... ( read original story ...)

The Cabinet Office on Aug. 13 revealed that the nation's first advisory for a potential megaquake along the Nankai Trough off central to west･･･ ( read original story ...)

Japan issued its first-ever “megaquake advisory” last week after a powerful earthquake struck off the southeastern coast of the country’s southern main island of Kyushu ( read original story ...)

The call by Japan's travel industry comes after a 7.1 earthquake off Kyushu triggered fears of a far larger quake in the Nankai Trough With Japan on edge after a series of powerful quakes, concerns are mounting in the travel industry over a lack of crucial safety information for foreign tourists, ( read original story ...

Across the Pacific, an earthquake in Japan triggered the first ever alert that the odds of a much bigger earthquake had increased. What are the implications of each of these events? Last Tuesday at 9:10 p.m. PDT, a magnitude 5.2 struck south-central ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Meteorological Agency issued a mega-earthquake advisory on Aug 8, following a magnitude 7.1 temblor that rocked the western Kyushu region on the same day. What does the advisory mean? And what action should people take? The advisory is a ... ( read original story ...)