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Expected epicenter area for Nankai Trough megaquake

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 18 Kyodo - The shaded area on the map shows the likely epicenter zone for a megaquake that is expected to occur with a probability of 70-80 percent within 30 years around the Nankai Trough (red line) running along Japan's Pacific coast. The Japanese government issued a megaquake advisory after an M7.1 quake hit southwestern Japan on Aug. 8, 2024, with its epicenter (circle in lower L) located within the area.

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[Breaking News]Japan megaquake alert ends

TOKYO, Japan, Aug. 15 Kyodo - Japanese disaster management minister Yoshifumi Matsumura meets the press in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2024, as a megaquake advisory around the Nankai Trough along the Pacific coast officially ended at 5 p.m. The advisory was issued by the weather agency after a M7.1 quake hit southwestern Japan on Aug. 8. (Kyodo)

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Japan megaquake alert ends

Photo taken Aug. 15, 2024, shows a beach in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Shirahama, western Japan, close to the Nankai Trough that runs along Japan's Pacific coast. The government lifted a megaquake advisory the same day, around the Nankai Trough it issued after a M7.1 quake hit southwestern Japan on Aug. 8.

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Japan megaquake alert ends

Photo taken Aug. 15, 2024, shows a harbor in the Miyazaki Prefecture city of Nichinan, southwestern Japan, close to the Nankai Trough that runs along Japan's Pacific coast. The government lifted a megaquake advisory the same day, around the Nankai Trough it issued after a M7.1 quake hit southwestern Japan on Aug. 8.

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Japan megaquake alert ends

Photo taken Aug. 11, 2024, shows a beach in the Kochi Prefecture town of Kuroshio, western Japan, close to the Nankai Trough that runs along Japan's Pacific coast. The government lifted a megaquake advisory on Aug. 15, 2024, around the Nankai Trough it issued after a M7.1 quake hit southwestern Japan on Aug. 8. ==Kyodo

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Japan megaquake alert ends

Photo taken Aug. 15, 2024, shows a beach in the Shizuoka Prefecture city of Izu, central Japan, close to the Nankai Trough that runs along Japan's Pacific coast. The government lifted a megaquake advisory the same day, around the Nankai Trough it issued after a M7.1 quake hit southwestern Japan on Aug. 8.

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Japan megaquake alert ends

Japanese disaster management minister Yoshifumi Matsumura meets the press in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2024, as a megaquake advisory around the Nankai Trough along the Pacific coast officially ended at 5 p.m. The advisory was issued by the weather agency after a M7.1 quake hit southwestern Japan on Aug. 8.

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[Breaking News]Megaquake advisory in Japan

NICHINAN, Japan, Aug. 9 Kyodo - A bathing beach is closed in Nichinan in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Miyazaki on Aug. 9, 2024, after Japan's weather agency issued its first-ever advisory on a higher-than-usual probability of a megaquake around the Nankai Trough, following a magnitude 7.1 earthquake that hit the region the previous day. (Kyodo)

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Megaquake advisory in Japan

A bathing beach is closed in Nichinan in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Miyazaki on Aug. 9, 2024, after Japan's weather agency issued its first-ever advisory on a higher-than-usual probability of a megaquake around the Nankai Trough, following a magnitude 7.1 earthquake that hit the region the previous day.

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Japan PM cancels Central Asia, Mongolia trip over megaquake advisory

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press in Tokyo on Aug. 9, 2024, following his decision to cancel a planned four-day trip to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Mongolia. The move came after Japan's weather agency issued its first-ever advisory on a higher-than-usual probability of a megaquake around the Nankai Trough, following a magnitude 7.1 earthquake in the country's southwest.

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Japan PM cancels Central Asia, Mongolia trip over megaquake advisory

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press in Tokyo on Aug. 9, 2024, following his decision to cancel a planned four-day trip to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Mongolia. The move came after Japan's weather agency issued its first-ever advisory on a higher-than-usual probability of a megaquake around the Nankai Trough, following a magnitude 7.1 earthquake in the country's southwest.