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 ...

A megathrust earthquake occurs when a piece of the earth's crust is forced underneath another plate. The quakes are of magnitude 9 or greater, and both the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake that caused ...

Forecasting the size of future megathrust earthquakes and tsunamis by exploiting the new technology of offshore and onshore geophysical observations. We aim to assess the potential for megathrust ...

While our scenario is the “big one”, a M9.0 megathrust earthquake, this study is not a simulation because of the unpredictable nature of earthquakes. Rather, it is an assessment of what critical ...