Earthquakes can’t be predicted. But a manga artist’s dream of a July 5 'megaquake' has spooked some residents and travelers.

Japan on Tuesday issued its first high-level warning that a so-called “megaquake” could follow the previous night’s 7.5-magnitude offshore tremor. The authorities cautioned that the coming days would ...

A “megaquake” could occur along Japan’s main island north coast in the coming week, authorities said in a rare warning after a 7.5-magnitude tremor shook the same region on Monday. Officials at the ...

Emergency alerts issued in the event of earthquakes off the Pacific coast of central Japan are expected to experience delays ...

A research team from University of Tsukuba and collaborating institutions has clarified why M9-class megathrust earthquakes recur off the Kamchatka Peninsula with an unusually short cycle of 73 years.