The western city of Kobe and nearby areas on Friday marked the 30th anniversary of the magnitude 7.3 earthquake that killed 6 ...

TOKYO -- In the three decades since a massive earthquake devastated the city of Kobe in 1995, shelters will be unequipped to accommodate at least 530,000 evacuees if a similar disaster were to occur ...

Friday marks the 30th year since the Jan. 17, 1995, earthquake shook the Osaka-Kobe area, killing more than 4,000 people and destroying 400,000 buildings. The region is located adjacent the Nankai ...

A "megaquake" hitting Japan in the next 30 years could trigger 100-foot tsunamis and kill hundreds of thousands of people.

A Japanese government panel said on Thursday it had slightly raised its estimated probability of a "megaquake" to up to 82 ...

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

A Japanese government panel has slightly increased its forecast for the likelihood of a “megaquake” occurring along the ...

A survey by a Japanese convenience store industry group shows that in the event of a mega quake, it would be difficult for ...

The Japanese government warns of an 80% chance of a magnitude 8-9 earthquake in the Nankai Trough within 30 years. Experts highlight potential catastrophic damage, including massive tsunamis, as ...

According to the most recent report, the probability of a megaquake happening in the Nankai Trough, which spans offshore and ...

The Japanese government’s earthquake investigation panel raised the probability of a Nankai Trough earthquake to 80 ...