The Japanese government estimates that there is a 70-80 percent chance of a megaquake occurring within 30 years.

Don’t worry: It’s general enough to apply to the rest of Japan. But for busy people, here’s a summary of things you should know about what to do before, during and after an earthquake in Japan.

Family members Wednesday mourned the death of a then-22-year-old university student who was killed in one of the major earthquakes that ... now-defunct Aso Ohashi bridge in the village of ...

In Japan, the death toll in 7.6-magnitude earthquake has risen to 48 with 50 others were injured. According to media reports, Ishikawa Prefecture suffered huge losses and damage as it was the closest ...

Japan lies along the circum-Pacific seismic belt, better known as the "Ring of Fire," located along the outer edges of the Pacific Ocean, where about 81 percent of the largest earthquakes in the ...

Japan has warned the next "big one" earthquake to hit its Pacific coast could kill nearly 300,000 people, create £1.4trillion worth of damage to the country's economy and generate 12.3 million ...

An earthquake of 6.0 magnitude struck Japan's Kyushu on Wednesday, according to the National Center for Seismology. No reports of any damage have been reported yet. Tremors of the first earthquake ...

A View of debris and mud covered at Tsunami hit Destroyed fishing village in Kojirahama on March 25, 2011, Japan. On 11 March 2011, an earthquake hit Japan with a magnitude of 9.0, the biggest in ...

In the event of a major earthquake in Japan, municipal authorities are ill-prepared to deal with its aftermath due to a lack of disaster recovery equipment and other resources, according to a new ...

The tremors came days after Japan warned that a powerful earthquake in the Nakai Trough could kill up to 300,000 people and set off destructive tsunamis in Japan. It also comes soon after two ...

The Japanese government will set aside a record high amount of funding to strengthen key infrastructure and prepare for another major earthquake, Yomiuri News has reported. More than 20 trillion ...