Japan is used to earthquakes. For many, it is still unclear how to act when the risk increases, says the professor.
14:52•Updated 14:54
In some places in Japan, there was an overreaction to the August warning about a possible mega-class earthquake in the Nankai Trough, says a professor at Tohoku University’s Natural Disaster Research Institute Shinji Toda for STT.
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) announced on August 8 that the risk of a magnitude 8-9 earthquake in the area of the depression has increased due to a magnitude 7.1 earthquake that occurred earlier on the same day in the southwestern parts of the country. The earthquake off Kyushu injured 20 people and damaged 80 residential buildings in Miyazaki, Kagoshima and Kumamoto prefectures.
The bulletin covered 707 localities, from Ibaraki, located north of Tokyo, to Okinawa, in the south.
Residents of the area were advised, among other things, to reserve water and food at home, recall the local evacuation plan, and pack sleeping bags and other evacuation equipment.