The Japanese government has updated its earthquake preparedness plan due to increased risks of a megaquake in the Nankai ...

Scientists have uncovered a rare slow-motion earthquake in Japan’s most tsunami-prone fault zone.

A new preparedness plan issued on Tuesday calls for an increase in efforts to construct embankments, evacuation buildings and public drills.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Monday acknowledged the possibility of future ...

Scientists are keeping a close watch on the chances of a megathrust earthquake happening soon. These are the strongest types ...

Teachers and staff in low-lying schools along the Pacific Northwest coast face an unusual extra responsibility alongside educators’ usual duties: can they herd the entire student body to higher ground ...

Leading earthquake researchers and modellers have convened to tackle how to estimate the size of an impending earthquake.

Seismic symphonies of minor earthquakes may affect grand movements on major faults.

One of the most recent Nankai earthquakes earned the grim distinction of being one of the deadliest in the world. In 1946, an 8.1 magnitude earthquake stemming from the Nankai claimed the lives of ...

Twenty years ago the devastating Boxing Day Tsunami swept across Asia, causing death and destruction. And scientists are warning that the next big quake is overdue. DW travels to a village in ...

Known as a “megathrust earthquake,” the plates shifted by more than 20 meters, releasing enormous energy and causing tsunami waves up to 35 meters high – the height of a 10-story building.

Geophysicists have obtained detailed three-dimensional images of a dangerous megathrust fault west of Costa Rica where two plates of the Earth’s crust collide. The images reveal features of the fault ...