Like the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami that triggered the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011, this is a type of earthquake that is of concern in the Nankai Trough. The plate shifted in ...
The Nankai Trough, the border area between the Eurasian Plate and the Philippine Sea Plate, runs from the Tokai to Kyushu regions off the Pacific coast. According to the JMA, there is a 70- to 80 ...
Nankai Trough quakes occur every 100 to 200 years along the plate boundary on Japan's Pacific coast. A member of the JMA's expert panel says research has confirmed that a major earthquake can ...