The chance of a megaquake occurring in the Nankai Trough within the next 30 years has increased to approximately 80 percent, the government's earthquake investigation panel said Wednesday.

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15, 2025. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The chance of a megaquake occurring in the Nankai Trough within the next 30 years has increased to approximately 80 percent, the government's earthquake ...

The probability that a Nankai Trough megaquake will occur in the next 30 years has risen to “around 80%,” according to new research released Wednesday by a government expert panel. Every year ...

The figure for a Nankai Trough megaquake was estimated at 60 to 70 percent in 2013, when calculations for such a quake began. The possibility was raised to around 70 percent in 2014 and to 70 to ...

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The latest government estimate says that in the worst-case scenario, a Nankai Trough quake could claim more than 230,000 lives, and destroy about 2 million buildings.

When a quake struck a similar area in southern Japan in August of last year, an advisory regarding a possible megaquake along the Nankai Trough was issued for the first time in history ...

Southern Japan has been hit by a strong earthquake that authorities say did not warrant the kind of megaquake warning that was triggered for the first time last year. A quake with a preliminary ...

Southern Japan Hit by Strong Quake Near Nankai Trough Region (Reuters) -Southern Japan was hit by a strong earthquake on Monday that authorities said did not warrant the kind of megaquake warning ...