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Japan has lifted it warning for a higher than usual risk of a major earthquake one week after a strong tremor on the edge of the Nankai Trough seabed zone caused the government to issue its first “megaquake” advisory.
Citizens can now return to normal life after no abnormalities were observed in seismic activity in the past week at the Nankai Trough, located along Japan’s Pacific coast, Yoshifumi Matsumura, the state minister for disaster management, said on Thursday.
On August 8, the Japan Meteorological Agency released an advisory that there was a “relatively higher chance” of a Nankai Trough “megaquake” as powerful as magnitude 9 after a magnitude 7.1 quake hit the country’s southwest.
While the advisory was not a definitive prediction, the government asked residents of western and central regions to review evacuation procedures in case of a severe earthquake and tsunami.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida cancelled a visit to Central Asia and Mongolia over the weekend to prioritise disaster management.
The alert that such a catastrophe might hit the archipelago of 125 million people prompted thousands of Japanese to cancel holidays and stock up on essentials, emptying shelves in some stores.
Matsumura cautioned that lifting the warning didn’t mean the risk of a major earthquake has been eliminated.
DJ, Of course population density concentrated in urban areas makes risks for Japan quite high...