After the earthquake, Japan is again tense with the’bomb cyclone’.
According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the cyclone currently passing through Japan is rapidly developing, forming a so-called’bomb cyclone’.
Bomb cyclone refers to a phenomenon in which the central pressure drops rapidly within a short period of time, and this cyclone is expected to drop by more than 40 hectopascals (hPa) in 24 hours.
Currently, this cyclone, passing through the waters of the Kii Peninsula south of Honshu, Japan’s largest island, is rapidly developing due to the temperature difference between the warm and humid air introduced from the south and the cold energy of the continent.
The cyclone is expected to continue developing as it rises north until the afternoon, and is expected to drop to 964 hPa tonight.
As a result, there is concern that heavy rain and heavy snowfall will occur in the northeast region, where the land was degraded by the earthquake of the maximum magnitude ‘6 river’ on the 13th, resulting in damage from landslides. The disaster prevention authorities are very nervous.
Aftershocks continue… “Possibility of earthquake and tsunami in the Great East Japan Earthquake”
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Meanwhile, at 1:28 pm on the 15th, an earthquake of magnitude 4.1 occurred in Wakayama Prefecture in central Japan, and the aftershock of a strong earthquake that occurred two days ago off the coast of Fukushima continues on the Japanese archipelago.
According to NHK, a Japanese public broadcaster, as of the day, 153 people were injured by the earthquake.
Experts have repeatedly warned of the possibility of stronger aftershocks in the future. The Great East Japan Earthquake, which occurred in March 2011, also came in the afternoon of the 11th, two days after the’advancing’ on the morning of the 9th.
The government’s Earthquake Investigation Committee said the earthquake occurred inside the Pacific Plate, which sank under the Japanese archipelago, and a 20-centimeter-high tsunami was observed at Ishimaki Port in Miyagi Prefecture. Immediately after the earthquake, the Meteorological Administration announced that there was no fear of a tsunami.
In addition, he cautioned that aftershocks are still continuing in areas of the massive earthquake 10 years ago, including the coast of Fukushima, and that there is a possibility of an earthquake with a maximum intensity of about 6 in the next week in areas with severe shaking.
Professor Shinji Toda of Tohoku University told NHK, “Along with the coasts of Fukushima and Miyagi, there is a possibility of a massive earthquake of 9.0 (Great East Japan Earthquake) accompanied by a tsunami in the north and south of the huge earthquake zone that occurred 10 years ago, “There is,” he called for caution.