Jan. 26, 2025, marks 325 years since the last great earthquake on the Cascadia subduction zone. It’s a time to reflect on what we’ve learned about this largest fault system in the lower 48 states ...

The Japanese myth was rekindled in 2011 after the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. On March 11, a catastrophic 9.1 magnitude ...

Japan's government and experts have issued a warning about the increasing likelihood of a mega-earthquake striking the nation ...

The new threat level issued by Japan’s Earthquake Research Committee is similar to estimates published in the journal ...

The Earthquake Research Committee said it has increased its estimate of the probability to between 75 and 82 percent from ...

The Japanese government warns of an 80% chance of a magnitude 8-9 earthquake in the Nankai Trough within 30 years. Experts ...

The Earthquake Research Committee said it has ... It concerns what is known as a subduction megathrust quake along the Nankai Trough, an 800km undersea gully running parallel to Japan's Pacific ...

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.

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck southwestern Japan late ... That was a particular kind of tremor known as a subduction megathrust quake, which has occurred in pairs in the past and can unleash ...

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck southwestern Japan late on Monday ... That was a particular kind of tremor known as a subduction megathrust quake, which has occurred in pairs in the past and can ...