Two moderate earthquakes struck off Japan's northeastern coast today, the U.S. Geological Survey said — a magnitude 5.5 tremor about 39 miles east of Onagawa Chō and a magnitude 5.0 quake roughly 38 ...

TOKYO: A Japanese government panel has revised its estimate of the chances of a megaquake occurring in the Nankai Trough, off ...

The revision reflects a new calculation method and does not mean that the risk of an earthquake has increased, authorities say.

A government panel has said that it now thinks a huge earthquake will occur along the Nankai Trough with a probability of 60% ...

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The probability of a megaquake occurring in the Nankai Trough within the next 30 years has been revised from 80 percent to a ...

A Japanese government panel said Friday it now thinks that a huge earthquake will occur along the Nankai Trough with a probability of 60 pct to 94.5 pct or higher within the next 30 years. In its ...