A powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck the Alaska Peninsula, prompting the U.S. National Tsunami Center to issue a ...

The Japanese government has announced that it would improve preparedness measures for a future Nankai Trough "megaquake" that could kill up to 300,000 people. Earlier in January 2025, an assessment ...

The Japanese government said Tuesday it has updated its disaster risk plan in the hope of reducing the estimated death toll from a po ...

The government then released a new estimate in March saying that such a megaquake and subsequent tsunami could cause as ... Disaster Management Council issued a preparedness plan recommending a series ...

Quakes are extremely hard to predict, but in January a government panel marginally increased the probability of a major jolt in the Nankai Trough off Japan in the next 30 years to 75-82 percent.

The Japanese government said that much more needs to be done to prepare for a possible “megaquake” to reduce the feared death toll of up to 300,000 people.

The Philippines and Japan have agreed to work together on a project on earthquake and tsunami disaster risk reduction in the Greater Metro Manila Area, the Official of Civil Defense said.

During a lengthy hearing Wednesday, testimony highlighted problems with early warning systems, first responder communications and local emergency management.

Two summers ago, in Hawaii, flames blasted by winds upward of 80 miles per hour rolled downslope like an avalanche of fire, destroying Maui’s Indigenous capital, Lahaina, and killing 102 in the ...

It’s much harder to get hazard information when you are traveling or vacationing,” Lori Dengler writes this week.

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The Philippines and Japan have forged an agreement that would further strengthen both countries’ disaster resilience in Greater Metro Manila ...