A Japanese government committee on earthquake research has changed its estimate of the chance of a Nankai Trough megaquake in the next 30 years to around 80 percent, from the previous 70 to 80 percent ...

A magnitude-6.6 earthquake jolts Japan's Kyushu region, sparking fear of potential destruction and aftershocks.

Though Monday's temblor struck a similar area to one in August that sparked the first advisory, no such alert was issued.

The Japan Meteorological Agency urged Kyushu residents to be wary of aftershocks from the strong Jan. 13 earthquake but said ...

Japan's nuclear plants faced global scrutiny after the devastating 2011 tsunami triggered by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake.

TOKYO — A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 has hit southwestern Japan, the country’s Meteorological ...

The Nankai Trough, where the Philippine Sea Plate is slipping under the Eurasia Plate at the bottom of the sea off the southwest coast of Japan, produces massive earthquakes about every 100-150 years.

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck southwestern Japan, the U.S. Geological Survey said, prompting authorities to issue a ...

Southern Japan experienced a significant earthquake with a magnitude of 6.9 in the Kyushu region. This comes after a ...

A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 has hit southwestern Japan, the country’s Meteorological Agency said ...

(Reuters) -Southern Japan was hit by a strong earthquake on Monday in a region that had been the subject of the nation's first ever megaquake advisory last year. A quake with a preliminary magnitude ...

Southern Japan was hit by a strong earthquake today that authorities said did not warrant the kind of megaquake warning that was triggered for the first time last year.