The Japanese government estimates that there is a 70-80 percent chance of a megaquake occurring within 30 years.

As the world, and Myanmar per se, recovers from a massive 7.7-magnitude earthquake that hit the south-east Asian country last week, a Japan government’s report has warned of a “mega earthquake" ...

During the devastating earthquake that struck Myanmar and Thailand this weekend, horrified viewers around the world watched a 30-story Bangkok high-rise collapse in a scene reminiscent of the New ...

On March 11, 2011, the 9.0-magnitude Great East Japan Earthquake struck the country, making it the largest earthquake ever recorded in Japan. The unprecedented disaster triggered a tsunami and ...

A long-expected megaquake could kill up to 300,000 people and set off destructive tsunamis in Japan. A new report from the Japanese government warns that a powerful earthquake in the Nankai Trough, ...

Financial Times - Japan’s long-dreaded “big one” earthquake could kill almost 300,000 people along its urbanised Pacific coast, create 12.3mn evacuees and cause $1.8tn of economic damage ...

At least 298,000 people could die in the event of a mega quake in the Nankai Trough, a government estimate in Japan has forecast. The government's earthquake task force revised its estimate for ...

In January, Japan’s earthquake investigation panel increased the probability of a megaquake happening within the next 30 years to over 80 per cent. A megaquake is an earthquake of magnitude 8 or ...

Tokyo Earthquake (Japan) – 9.0 magnitude On March 11, 2011, Japan’s Tōhoku region was hit by a massive earthquake, causing widespread damage and resulting in the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Kamchatka ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Japan’s long-dreaded “big one” earthquake could kill almost 300,000 people along its urbanised ...

While the earthquake was believed to kill just over 1,600 people, the tsunami that travelled across the Pacific Ocean in the hours after killed 61 people in Hawaii, nearly 140 in Japan ...

Deadliest Earthquakes in History Around the World: A 7.7 magnitude earthquake and an aftershock of 6.4, hit central Myanmar on Friday, with strong tremors in Thailand’s capital, Bangkok, prompting the ...