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Drill for Nankai Trough quake

Japan Self-Defense Force personnel take part in a drill in preparation for the possibility of a massive earthquake in Osaka on Jan. 17, 2025. The exercise simulated a tsunami warning issued during the 2025 World Exposition, scheduled to begin in April in the western Japan city, following a megaquake in the Nankai Trough near Japan's Pacific coast.

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Drill for Nankai Trough quake

Japan Self-Defense Force personnel take part in a drill in preparation for the possibility of a massive earthquake in Osaka on Jan. 17, 2025. The exercise simulated a tsunami warning issued during the 2025 World Exposition, scheduled to begin in April in the western Japan city, following a megaquake in the Nankai Trough near Japan's Pacific coast.

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Drill for Nankai Trough quake

Japan Self-Defense Force personnel take part in a drill in preparation for the possibility of a massive earthquake in Osaka on Jan. 17, 2025. The exercise simulated a tsunami warning issued during the 2025 World Exposition, scheduled to begin in April in the western Japan city, following a megaquake in the Nankai Trough near Japan's Pacific coast.

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Drill for Nankai Trough quake

Japan Self-Defense Force personnel take part in a drill in preparation for the possibility of a massive earthquake in Osaka on Jan. 17, 2025. The exercise simulated a tsunami warning issued during the 2025 World Exposition, scheduled to begin in April in the western Japan city, following a megaquake in the Nankai Trough near Japan's Pacific coast.

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M6.6 quake hits southwestern Japan

Seismologists meet at the Japan Meteorological Agency in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2025, to examine the risk of an earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 6.6, which struck off the southwestern Japan prefecture of Miyazaki earlier in the day, leading to a megaquake in or near the Nankai Trough near Japan's Pacific coast. (Pool photo)

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M6.6 quake hits southwestern Japan

Seismologists meet at the Japan Meteorological Agency in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2025, to examine the risk of an earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 6.6, which struck off the southwestern Japan prefecture of Miyazaki earlier in the day, leading to a megaquake in or near the Nankai Trough near Japan's Pacific coast. (Pool photo)

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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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Coastline near Nankai Trough

Photo taken Aug. 8, 2024, shows Miyazaki Airport in the southwestern Japan city of Miyazaki, close to the Nankai Trough, which runs along the country's Pacific Coast. Japan's weather agency issued an advisory of an increased risk of a massive earthquake along the trench after a M7.1 temblor jolted the area the same day.

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Coastline near Nankai Trough

Photo taken Aug. 8, 2024, shows Miyazaki Airport in the southwestern Japan city of Miyazaki, close to the Nankai Trough, which runs along the country's Pacific Coast. Japan's weather agency issued an advisory of an increased risk of a massive earthquake along the trench after a M7.1 temblor jolted the area the same day.

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Coastline near Nankai Trough

Photo taken Aug. 8, 2024, shows Miyazaki Airport in the southwestern Japan city of Miyazaki, close to the Nankai Trough, which runs along the country's Pacific Coast. Japan's weather agency issued an advisory of an increased risk of a massive earthquake along the trench after a M7.1 temblor jolted the area the same day.

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Coastline near Nankai Trough

Photo taken Aug. 8, 2024, shows the coastline of the southwestern Japan city of Miyazaki, close to the Nankai Trough, which runs along the country's Pacific Coast. Japan's weather agency issued an advisory of an increased risk of a massive earthquake along the trench after a M7.1 temblor jolted the area the same day.

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Coastline near Nankai Trough

Photo taken Aug. 8, 2024, shows the coastline of the southwestern Japan city of Miyazaki, close to the Nankai Trough, which runs along the country's Pacific Coast. Japan's weather agency issued an advisory of an increased risk of a massive earthquake along the trench after a M7.1 temblor jolted the area the same day.

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Coastline near Nankai Trough

Photo taken Aug. 8, 2024, shows the coastline of the southwestern Japan city of Miyazaki, close to the Nankai Trough, which runs along the country's Pacific Coast. Japan's weather agency issued an advisory of an increased risk of a massive earthquake along the trench after a M7.1 temblor jolted the area the same day.

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Coastline near Nankai Trough

Photo taken Aug. 8, 2024, shows the coastline of the southwestern Japan city of Miyazaki, close to the Nankai Trough, which runs along the country's Pacific Coast. Japan's weather agency issued an advisory of an increased risk of a massive earthquake along the trench after a M7.1 temblor jolted the area the same day.

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Coastline near Nankai Trough

Photo taken Aug. 8, 2024, shows Miyazaki Airport in the southwestern Japan city of Miyazaki, close to the Nankai Trough, which runs along the country's Pacific Coast. Japan's weather agency issued an advisory of an increased risk of a massive earthquake along the trench after a M7.1 temblor jolted the area the same day.

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Coastline near Nankai Trough

Photo taken Aug. 8, 2024, shows the coastline of the southwestern Japan city of Miyazaki, close to the Nankai Trough, which runs along the country's Pacific Coast. Japan's weather agency issued an advisory of an increased risk of a massive earthquake along the trench after a M7.1 temblor jolted the area the same day.

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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.

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Earthquake drill held in central Japan

A large-scale drill in preparation for a massive earthquake in the Pacific Ocean's Nankai Trough is held at Nagoya port in Nagoya, central Japan, on Nov. 11, 2023. The drill, with about 1,300 participants, was based on the scenario that a magnitude-9 quake struck the region and a tsunami of up to 2.4 meters hit at the port.

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Earthquake drill held in central Japan

A large-scale drill in preparation for a massive earthquake in the Pacific Ocean's Nankai Trough is held at Nagoya port in Nagoya, central Japan, on Nov. 11, 2023. The drill, with about 1,300 participants, was based on the scenario that a magnitude-9 quake struck the region and a tsunami of up to 2.4 meters hit at the port.

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U.S. military Ospreys take part in disaster drill

KUSHIMOTO, Japan - An MV-22 Osprey aircraft of the U.S. Marine Corps takes off from the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Ise located off Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, during a tsunami disaster drill on Oct. 19, 2014. Two Ospreys from the Marines' Futenma Air Station in Okinawa took part in the disaster drill simulating a massive earthquake and tsunami originating in the Nankai Trough off central and western Japan.

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U.S. military Ospreys take part in disaster drill

OSAKA, Japan - An MV-22 Osprey aircraft of the U.S. Marine Corps prepares to land on the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Ise off Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, during a tsunami disaster drill on Oct. 19, 2014. Two Ospreys from the Marines' Futenma Air Station in Okinawa took part in the disaster drill simulating a massive earthquake and tsunami originating in the Nankai Trough off central and western Japan.

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U.S. military Ospreys take part in disaster drill

KUSHIMOTO, Japan - An individual playing the part of an injured person during a tsunami disaster drill on Oct. 19, 2014, is removed from an MV-22 Osprey aircraft of the U.S. Marine Corps on the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Ise located off Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture. Two Ospreys from the Marines' Futenma Air Station in Okinawa took part in the disaster drill simulating a massive earthquake and tsunami originating in the Nankai Trough off central and western Japan.

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U.S. military Ospreys take part in disaster drill

KUSHIMOTO, Japan - People walk to a MV-22 Osprey aircraft of the U.S. Marine Corps during a tsunami disaster drill in the town of Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, on Oct. 19, 2014. Two Ospreys from the Marines' Futenma Air Station in Okinawa took part in the disaster drill simulating a massive earthquake and tsunami originating in the Nankai Trough off central and western Japan.

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Disaster drill held at Chubu Electric Power's nuke plant

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Chubu Electric Power Co. holds a disaster drill at its Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 4, 2014, on the assumption that its cooling function has been lost due to tsunami caused by a major earthquake in the Nankai Trough off the Pacific coast of central and western Japan.

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Toho Gas prepares for Nankai Trough quake

NAGOYA, Japan - Toho Gas Co. workers install the firm's own electrical power generator at its plant in Chita, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 27, 2014, in preparation for the possible occurrence of a devastating earthquake along the Nankai Trough off central and western Japan.

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Drill for Nankai Trough earthquake held in Kumamoto Pref.

KUMAMOTO, Japan - The Japan Self-Defense Forces and participating organizations discuss a rescue strategy during a Nankai Trough earthquake drill at the JGSDF Camp Kengun in Kumamoto City, on June 3, 2014.

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SDF troops arrive at air base to join anti-quake drill

TOKYO, Japan - Troops arrive at the Air Self-Defense Force's Iruma base in Sayama, Saitama Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, on June 2, 2014, to participate in an integrated drill designed to address a major earthquake in the Nankai Trough off the Pacific coast of Japan's main island of Honshu.

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Disaster-relief drills held at Hamaoka power plant

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Chubu Electric Power Co. employees build a makeshift utility pole at the company's Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, on May 21, 2014, as part of a disaster-relief drill in anticipation of a potential massive earthquake along the Nankai Trough off central and western Japan.

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Disaster Prevention Day in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds a mock news conference as part of a drill based on the scenario of a massive earthquake in the Nankai Trough off central and western Japan, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2013. The drill was held on Disaster Prevention Day, the anniversary of the Great Kanto Earthquake in the Tokyo area in 1923.

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Disaster Prevention Day in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A disaster response meeting attended by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and all of his ministers is held as part of a drill based on the scenario of a massive earthquake in the Nankai Trough off central and western Japan, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2013. The drill was held on Disaster Prevention Day, the anniversary of the Great Kanto Earthquake in the Tokyo area in 1923.

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Disaster Prevention Day in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) and Keiji Furuya (to the left), state minister for disaster prevention, attend a disaster response meeting held as part of a drill based on the scenario of a massive earthquake in the Nankai Trough off central and western Japan, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2013. The drill was held on Disaster Prevention Day, the anniversary of the Great Kanto Earthquake in the Tokyo area in 1923.

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Tsunami could flood wider area in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - A June 6, 2013, photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows JR Osaka Station and surrounding areas. Osaka Prefecture said the same day a massive earthquake expected to occur in the Nankai Trough off the Pacific coast of central and western Japan could trigger tsunami waves that could flood a total area of 9,394 hectares in the prefecture, three times more than estimated by the central government earlier. It said a 30-centimeter-high tsunami wave could reach busy downtown streets around Osaka Station.

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Tsunami could flood wider area in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - A June 6, 2013, photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows JR Osaka Station and surrounding areas. Osaka Prefecture said the same day a massive earthquake expected to occur in the Nankai Trough off the Pacific coast of central and western Japan could trigger tsunami waves that could flood a total area of 9,394 hectares in the prefecture, three times more than estimated by the central government earlier. It said a 30-centimeter-high tsunami wave could reach busy downtown streets around Osaka Station.

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Tsunami could flood wider area in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - A June 6, 2013, photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows JR Osaka Station and surrounding areas. Osaka Prefecture said the same day a massive earthquake expected to occur in the Nankai Trough off the Pacific coast of central and western Japan could trigger tsunami waves that could flood a total area of 9,394 hectares in the prefecture, three times more than estimated by the central government earlier. It said a 30-centimeter-high tsunami wave could reach busy downtown streets around Osaka Station.

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Estimates on Nankai quake economic damage

TOKYO, Japan - Antidisaster minister Keiji Furuya holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 18, 2013, on estimates on economic damage from a major Nankai Trough earthquake released earlier in the day by a government panel. The panel says a 9.0-magnitude earthquake with its epicenter in the Nankai Trough off central and western Japan will cause about 220 trillion yen in damage, more than twice the entire budget of the government for fiscal 2013.

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Victims of huge Nankai quake estimated

TOKYO, Japan - Disaster management minister Masaharu Nakagawa speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2012, about how much damage would be incurred in the event of a powerful earthquake with its epicenter in the Nankai Trough off central and western parts of Japan. The government said up to 323,000 people could be killed.

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Construction of Hamaoka plant's coast levee to complete

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 28, 2016, shows Chubu Electric Power Co.'s Hamaoka nuclear plant in central Japan. Construction of a coastal levee to protect against tsunami from a possible Nankai Trough earthquake will be completed on March 31. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Construction of Hamaoka plant's coast levee to complete

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 28, 2016, shows Chubu Electric Power Co.'s Hamaoka nuclear plant in central Japan. Construction of a coastal levee to protect against tsunami from a possible Nankai Trough earthquake will be completed on March 31. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Construction of Hamaoka plant's coast levee to complete

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 28, 2016, shows Chubu Electric Power Co.'s Hamaoka nuclear plant in central Japan. Construction of a coastal levee to protect against tsunami from a possible Nankai Trough earthquake will be completed on March 31. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Drill for huge quake and tsunami held in Japan

A drill simulating a magnitude 8 Nankai Trough earthquake off Japan's western Pacific coast, and a subsequent tsunami, is held in the western Japanese city of Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, on Nov. 25, 2015. About 600 people, including Ground Self-Defense Force troops, police officers, firefighters and medical staff, took part in the joint drill to enhance collaboration ahead of a mega-thrust devastating earthquake experts say could occur within 30 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Iwate high school team awarded for decade-long tsunami education outreach

Members of the Tsunami Model Club of Miyako Technical High School in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, work on July 21, 2015, on a scale model of the landscape of Susaki, Kochi Prefecture, in the west to simulate the path of tsunami waves in the event of a Nankai Trough earthquake. From L: Dai Sasaki, Hikaru Tatehora and Koichi Iioka. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo