A new study published in Science Advances has revealed the first detailed images of a newly developing subduction zone off ...

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has called for making earthquake-resistant construction the standard for multi-story buildings nationwide, ...

JAKARTA, July 21 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has introduced a new quake-resistant building construction design that could serve as a reference for ...

Japan’s new earthquake-detection network lengthens warning times, and researchers in Wales have harnessed nuclear blast ...

Megathrust quake faults weaker, less stressed than thought. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2015 / 09 / 150910144055.htm ...

TOKYO: Japan has warned of a 70–80% chance of a magnitude 8–9 earthquake along the Nankai Trough within the next 30 years, ...

Megathrust earthquakes are the most powerful type of earthquake, occurring at subduction zones -- where one tectonic plate is pushed beneath another. By contrast, slow slip events (SSEs) release ...

The Seismological Society of America is the world’s largest organization dedicated to the study of earthquakes and their impacts on humans. The society’s highest honor, the Henry F. Reid Award ...

A tsunami advisory was lifted Wednesday afternoon for a portion of the Alaskan Peninsula coastline following a 7.3 magnitude ...

There is a 70-80% chance that the Nankai Trough Megathrust Earthquake will occur in the next 30 years. It is predicted to cause more extensive damage than the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and ...

Megathrust earthquakes are the most powerful on Earth and they arise from subduction zones, where one of Earth’s plates is slipping over another.When rock on a convergent plate boundary gets ...