Geologists don't have a crystal ball that can foresee future earthquakes, but seismic specialists in the Japanese government ...

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

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

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

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.

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

Twenty years ago the devastating Boxing Day Tsunami swept across Asia, causing death and destruction. And scientists are warning that the next big quake is overdue. DW travels to a village in ...

The 2004 Aceh Earthquake and Tsunami was one of the biggest natural disasters in history. This tragedy provided important lessons for improving disaster risk mitigation. New research comparing the ...

( MENAFN - IANS) Jakarta, Jan 8 (IANS) The Indonesian government is planning to tighten housing construction standards ...

With 325 years between coastal B.C. and its last subduction or megathrust earthquake, typical best describes 2024, says a ...

Forecasting the size of future megathrust earthquakes and tsunamis by exploiting the new technology of offshore and onshore geophysical observations. We aim to assess the potential for megathrust ...