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 ...

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 ...

In August 2024, Japan Meteorological Agency issued what it calls Nankai Trough Earthquake Extra Information, which is a bulletin about the possibility of a major quake occurring in the Nankai Trough.

It concerns what is known as a subduction megathrust quake along the Nankai Trough, an 800-kilometre (500-mile) undersea gully running parallel to Japan's Pacific coast. The trench is where 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 ...