HOKKAIDO, Apr 20 (News On Japan) –
Japan’s climate company and the Cabinet Office issued a ‘Hokkaido-Sanriku Offshore Subsequent Earthquake Advisory’ after an earthquake measuring higher 5 on Japan’s seismic depth scale struck off Sanriku.
Yugo Masutani, planning official on the Cabinet Office’s catastrophe administration division, mentioned there’s round a 1% probability of a large-scale earthquake of magnitude 8 or larger occurring inside the subsequent week.
The advisory, issued on the evening of April 20, warns that the chance of a brand new megaquake of magnitude 8 class or above occurring on the seabed of the Pacific Ocean — from off Nemuro in Hokkaido to off Sanriku in northeastern Japan — is larger than ordinary.
The advisory covers seven prefectures and areas: Hokkaido, Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Fukushima, Ibaraki and Chiba.
The Japan Meteorological Agency and the Cabinet Office urged residents to overview earthquake preparedness measures and observe disaster-response steerage issued by the central authorities and native authorities.
Meanwhile, tsunami warnings that had been in place have been downgraded to tsunami advisories for all affected areas.
Source: TBS