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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

A Japanese research team says it has detected seafloor subsidence near the Nankai Trough for the first time. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/28/japan/seafloor-subsidence-detected-near-nankai-trough/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nankaitrough #earthquakes #oceans

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Japanese team detects gradual seafloor caving near Nankai Trough

Long-term observations at multiple sites could aid in assessing the risk of major earthquakes and tsunamis.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

A government panel now believes a megaquake will occur along the Nankai Trough with a probability of 60% to 94.5% or higher within the next 30 years — a hike from a previously announced estimate of around 80%. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/27/japan/japan-nankai-trough-megaquake-probability/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nankaitrough #earthquakes

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Japan revises 30-year probability rate of Nankai Trough megaquake

A government panel has said that it now thinks a huge earthquake will occur along the Nankai Trough with a probability of 60% to 94.5% or higher within the next 30 years.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

The government has held a disaster drill under the assumption that a megaquake had occurred in the Nankai Trough off Japan's Pacific coast. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/01/japan/japan-disaster-prevention-day-drill/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #disasterpreparedness #shigeruishiba #nankaitrough #earthquakes

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

The Japanese government has corrected the number of potential advance evacuees in the event of an alert for a possible megaquake in the Nankai Trough off the country's coast to about 516,000, from 520,000 initially. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/22/japan/japan-corrects-number-of-potential-megaquake-evacuees/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nankaitrough #earthquakes #oita #disasterpreparedness

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

More than 520,000 people in Japan would be urged to evacuate for a week if an alert is issued for a possible megaquake in the Nankai Trough off the country's Pacific coast, a government survey showed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/20/japan/megaquake-520000-evacuate/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nankaitrough #earthquakes

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

A massive earthquake off Russia’s eastern coast triggered Pacific-wide tsunami warnings, minimal damage, and renewed warnings that Japan and the region remain dangerously underprepared for the next major disaster. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/editorials/2025/08/01/japans-vulnerability-to-natural-disaster/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #editorials #earthquakes #tsunami #russia #nankaitrough

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Japan has held the first meeting of its panel tasked with reviewing guidelines on how companies and local governments should respond to emergency information on a possible earthquake in the Nankai Trough. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/25/japan/nankai-trough-quake-info-guidelines-review/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nankaitrough #earthquakes #localgovernment

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

In the first update to a disaster-prevention basic plan since it was created in 2014, the government adopted a 10-year plan to reduce the death toll resulting from a Nankai Trough megaquake by 80%. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/02/japan/nankai-quake-deaths-reduction-strategy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #earthquakes #tsunami #disasterpreparedness #nankaitrough

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