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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...