The most likely location for a megaquake in Japan is along the Nankai Trough, an 800km-long undersea trench near Japan’s Pacific coast, where the government panel said there was now more than 80 ...

Q: What is the Nankai Trough Earthquake? A: The Nankai Trough is an ocean-floor trench that runs along the Pacific coast from the Tokai to Kyushu regions. This area has a history of being struck ...

The Great Nankai Earthquake' refers to a huge earthquake in the Nankai Trench, which occurs when the Philippine version below the Philippine Sea digs under the Eurasian version of the Japanese ...

Japan's internal affairs ministry on Wednesday presented a new plan to send officials from some prefectures to help other areas hit hard by a possible massive earthquake in the Nankai Trough off ...

which lies in the westernmost part of the estimated hypocentral region of a long-anticipated megaquake along the Nankai Trough, an ocean-floor trench that runs along the Pacific coast from the ...

Japan Trench and the Nankai Trough have been occurring at intervals of a few decades to a century. These earthquakes occur around ocean trenches where the oceanic plate is forced underneath the ...