Japan raises probability of megaquake to over 80% in next 30 years - Government panel reveals more than 80 per cent ...

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

The central government decided on Nov. 8 that in the event of a huge earthquake along the Japan Trench or the Chishima Trench, it will issue an alert warning of the potential for follow-up ...

A Japanese government panel has said it has slightly raised its estimated probability of a "megaquake" to up to 82% in the ...

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

The drilling expedition—officially known as the Tracking Tsunamigenic Slip Across the Japan Trench (JTRACK) project of the International Ocean Discovery Program (IOPD)—followed a similar ...

The government was urged to amend a special law enacted in 2004 to prepare the public for a megaquake in either the Japan Trench that is part of the Pacific Rim of Fire off northeastern Japan or ...

The panel explains that these areas have high probabilities because massive earthquakes centering in the Chishima Trench, Japan Trench and the Nankai Trough have been occurring at intervals of a ...

Also since the first trench mortars used were produced by Japanese manufacturer, the mortars came to called Japanese trench mortars. The author concludes with a quote from General Ian Hamilton's diary ...

The likelihood of earthquakes along other areas, such as the Japan Trench and Kuril Trench, has also risen. Hirata noted that since a major quake struck the Noto Peninsula on Jan 1, 2024 ...