Japan is learning what life is life under a megaquake watch. NPR's Rob Schmitz talks to Richard Allen, director of the Berkeley Seismology Lab, about what it means.

A collapsed road in Tohoku in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 9, 2025. Reporter A “megaquake” could occur along Japan’s main island north coast in the coming week, authorities said in a ...

Japan lifts megaquake advisory but urges public to remain vigilant for devastating tremor - Japan lifted a megaquake advisory for the country’s northeastern coast, a week after magnitude 7.5 earthquak ...

TOKYO(AP) — Japan lifted a megaquake advisory for the country's northeastern coast Tuesday, one week after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck off northern Japan that officials said had caused an ...

Japan has recorded a series of powerful aftershocks in the past several hours, including a magnitude 5.7 earthquake near the east coast of Honshu and a 4.9 earthquake in the Hokkaido region shortly ...

Japan issued a megaquake advisory Tuesday after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck the northern part of the country, causing 34 mostly mild injuries and some damage to roads and buildings. The ...

An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 jolted Japan on New Year's eve, according to the United States Geological Survey. The tremors ...

A “megaquake” could occur along Japan’s main island north coast in the coming week, authorities said in a rare warning after a 7.5-magnitude tremor shook the same region on Monday. Officials at the ...

It's been an unsettling few days in Japan. A 7.5 magnitude earthquake off the coast of the country on Monday put the nation on what's called a megaquake watch. Seismologists say there's a 1% chance of ...