Japan expects 320,000 people to die if they encounter strong earthquakes

In the future, if a 9-magnitude earthquake starts about 740km from the low-lying Pacific coast, about 320,000 Japanese will die.

The forecast was announced by the Japanese government to warn officials in the localities along the coast in the sunrise country to be in a position to face the worst flower beds possible. happen in the future.

The future earthquake triggered from off the Pacific coast, 740km from the mainland area, is predicted to be stronger than the 9-magnitude earthquake that triggers a massive tsunami. in March last year, claimed the lives of about 19,000 people.

In the 195-page report, the Japanese government committee assessed the extent of human and property damage in the unfortunate Japan context facing a strong earthquake disaster in the future. The worst disaster scenario is forecast when an earthquake occurs on a winter evening with winds up to 8m / sec.

Under these circumstances, under the impact of the earthquake, collapsing high-rise buildings will bury about 82,000 people while 10,000 others are burnt to death and debris falls on them. In addition, about 70% of the casualties of 230,000 people will be swept away by sea waves up to 34m.

Nine years ago, Japan also made a forecast of 25,000 casualties and the arrival of tsunami waves of up to 20m in the lowlands along the coast of Japan.

Although the number of casualties predicted by the Japanese government in the event of a tsunami earthquake has shocked many people, the government does not disclose exactly the areas likely to be caught. suffer from bad disaster scenario above.

However, the Japanese government committee stressed that the number of deaths could be reduced by 80% if residents living in disaster-prone areas quickly evacuated within 10 minutes of the wave warning. god is given.

Remember, the earthquake caused tsunamis to happen immediately at the time when residents resided in northeastern Japan after they discovered the shaking from a strong magnitude 5.6 earthquake. Thursday morning (March 11, 2011).

It was the surprise and lack of urgency that slowed down the migration process and caused about 19,000 people to die in this tsunami earthquake.

According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the tsunami earthquake in March last year was a aftershock of an earthquake in history. Therefore, experts will always update information about its activities to give timely warnings.

The JMA data showed that 809 magnitude more than 5 magnitudes have occurred since the March earthquake. On March 11, 2011, there were 220 aftershocks that shook Japan.