Geologists don't have a crystal ball that can foresee future earthquakes, but seismic specialists in the Japanese government ...
The timing and location of such megathrust earthquakes depend on factors such as the shape, roughness, composition, and fluid content of the fault. Aside from the danger they pose, such ...
The Earthquake Research Committee said it has increased its estimate of the probability to between 75 and 82 percent from ...
The probability of a "megaquake" in Japan in the next 30 years has marginally increased, a government panel said Thursday, ...
Japan’s Meteorological Agency withdrew a tsunami advisory after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake occurred off the coast of ...
Cyclic changes of fluid pressure in fault zones can induce slow-slip events that advance in the direction of fluid flow, even when the faults are stable.
Last summer, the Japanese weather agency issued a stark megathrust earthquake alert following tremors in parts of western Japan originating from the Hyuga-nada Sea – and where Monday’s ...