On the 20th, the barrier on the side of Shinogama-shi road collapsed due to the impact of a magnitude 6.9 earthquake off the coast of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Kyodo AP Yonhap News
“I lost two restaurants that were run by the tsunami 10 years ago. Although a tsunami advisory was issued only in Miyagi Prefecture, I thought it could not be affirmed. I felt it was good to evacuate as soon as possible.”
This is the heart of a man in his 50s residing in Nato City, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, told the Yomiuri Shimbun. On the evening of the 20th, when a tsunami warning was issued in Miyagi Prefecture due to a strong earthquake off the coast of Miyagi Prefecture, he evacuated the shop’s customers and staff first, and then ran to the high ground. Although no tsunami advisory was issued in Iwate Prefecture, they evacuated, recalling the experiences of 10 years ago.
Taking the NHK broadcast on the 21st, it seems that the damage caused by the earthquake of magnitude 6.9 at a depth of 59 km off Miyagi prefecture at 6:9 pm the previous day was less than that of the 7.3 earthquake that occurred in the offshore Fukushima prefecture last month. As of 11 a.m. on that day, the number of injured people was counted as nine. Miyagi Prefecture, where the shaking of the highest intensity of the five rivers was observed, also revealed that there was no information about the damage at the Special Warning Headquarters meeting held at 10 am on the day.
However, it is expected that the Tohoku region’s anxiety will increase as the movement of the deep part of the ground, which was not present even during the March 11 Great East Japan Earthquake, is captured. When a tsunami advisory, which was not available in the earthquake last month, was issued, the residents shook their hearts all weekend night and clung to the disaster broadcast. Miyagi Prefecture suffered more than 10,000 deaths from the tsunami during the Great East Japan Earthquake, and the trauma is still great. The actual tsunami was not observed and the warning was lifted after an hour and a half, but shortly after the announcement, many residents were evacuated to high places, recalling the fear of 10 years ago. Local media, Kahoku Shinpo, said, “I remembered the story that the tsunami had reached here during the Great East Japan Earthquake,” and “I ran unconditionally and ran away.” The voices of the evacuated people such as students were reported.
On the 20th, an earthquake occurred off the coast of Miyagi Prefecture, and railways in the Tohoku region such as the Tohoku Shinkansen were temporarily suspended. At that time, citizens gathered at a railway station in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, waiting for the train to operate. On this day, most trains resumed operation between 10:00 p.m. and midnight. Kyodo AP Yonhap News
This earthquake is analyzed as an aftershock of the Great East Japan Earthquake, similar to the 7.3 earthquake that occurred off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture last month. Ten years after the Great East Japan Earthquake occurred, experts are keenly aware of earthquakes that appear to be aftershocks.
Toda Shinji, a professor at Tohoku University (earthquake geology), told the Asahi Shimbun, “This earthquake took place in a place close to the land with a depth of 60 km.” . Professor Toda called for caution, saying, “With the aftermath of 10 years ago, a series of major earthquakes occurred in succession from last month,” he said.
Professor Takashi Furumura of the University of Tokyo Earthquake Research Institute (seismology) said, “There is a possibility that part of the epicenter of the periodic earthquake in Miyagi Prefecture has been damaged.” Emphasized. An earthquake in the Miyagi Prefecture sea area refers to an earthquake that occurs every 25 to 40 years from the sea in the east of Miyagi Prefecture.
Earlier, Professor Hiroki Kamata, a graduate school professor at Kyoto University, wrote in the latest issue of the monthly magazine Bungei Shunju. However, for the next 20 years, we must be wary of the aftershocks of the Great East Japan Earthquake.” And a tsunami can occur.
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