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.

The Japanese government has warned of catastrophic economic damage and nearly 300,000 deaths when the next "megaquake" hits the archipelagic nation, according to a new estimation released on Monday.

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 ...

The deadly Myanmar earthquake last week was the biggest among a number of smaller quakes that rocked the region.

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 ...

TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Up to 298,000 people are expected to be killed in Japan due mainly to a tsunami and building collapses if an earthquake of around magnitude 9 occurs in the Nankai Trough off ...

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake, which measured a strong 5 on Japan's intensity scale, struck at a depth of 20 kilometers off the coast of Iwate Prefecture on Friday at 11:25 p.m. No tsunami warning ...

After a mammoth quake with magnitude 7.7 struck Myanmar and Bangkok, the region witnessed many several aftershocks. On April 1, another quake with magnitude 4.7 struck Myanmar that was followed by ...