JAKARTA, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia, ranked among top 35 countries for natural disaster risk, is actively preparing for potential megathrust earthquakes that could trigger devastating tsunamis.

Overall, the collision of India and Eurasia is marked by a “megathrust fault”, where the Indian plate is gradually sliding under the Eurasian plate. The whole megathrust doesn’t move at the ...

The Nankai Trough sits between Suruga Bay, in central Japan, and the Hyuganada Sea in Kyushu to the south These so-called "megathrust" earthquakes tend to strike every hundred years or so ...

Overall, the collision of India and Eurasia is marked by a "megathrust fault," where the Indian plate is gradually sliding ...

The advisory, which is officially called “megathrust earthquake attention,” targeted 707 municipalities from Okinawa Prefecture to Ibaraki Prefecture, calling for a check on usual preparedness.

For decades, scientists have warned about the potential of the Cascadia Subduction Zone, a megathrust fault that runs offshore along the coast from northern Vancouver Island to Cape Mendocino ...

Researchers in the Science Advances journal have found a "megathrust fault" that could cause severe damage to all countries ...

After the Aug. 8 quake, the JMA for the first time issued a Nankai Trough Earthquake Extra Information (Megathrust Earthquake Alert) to warn that a massive earthquake could strike in the coming week.