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

The probability of a "megaquake" in Japan in the next 30 years has marginally increased, a government panel said Thursday, ...

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.

An earthquake with an intensity of lower 5 on the Japanese seismic scale of 7 struck Miyazaki Prefecture at about 9:19 p.m. on Monday.

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck off southwestern Japan late on Monday, causing small tsunamis in the area but no major ...

Plates at subduction zones typically move just a few centimeters per year. But when accumulated stress at these convergent ...

Japan’s Meteorological Agency withdrew a tsunami advisory after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake occurred off the coast of ...