Earthquake and disaster prevention measures
I was surprised at the earthquake in the early morning the other day.
It seems that many people in the area north of Kanto were surrounded by tensions since the Great East Japan Earthquake, such as the Earthquake Early Warning and the immediate tsunami warning.
It is undeniable that more than five years have passed since the unprecedented earthquake, and as the calm life is gradually regained, the memories of those days are gradually fading.
Even after the Great East Japan Earthquake, large earthquakes have occurred one after another in various parts of Japan.
In Japan, which is a rare earthquake country in the world, we have repeated an active period in which seismic activity becomes active and a quiet period in which seismic activity becomes calm.
The fact that seismic activity occurs in a cycle of several hundred years has become clear in the literature that records the life and history of the time, or in the research of natural science.
And in recent years, there are many researchers and experts who warn that the Japanese archipelago has entered an active period.
The major major earthquakes that have occurred in Japan over the last 10 years are the Noto Peninsula Earthquake in March 2007, the Niigata Chuetsu-oki Earthquake in July 2007, the Iwate-Inland Earthquake in June 2008, and March 2011. March Tohoku Region Pacific Ocean Offshore Earthquake (Great East Japan Earthquake), April 2013 Earthquake near Awaji Island, November 2014 Northern Nagano Prefecture Earthquake, April 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake, October 2016 Western Tottori Earthquake, these are All are damaging earthquakes, but there are many other earthquakes.
In Japan, which is not an exaggeration to say that it coexists with earthquakes, earthquake research including prediction is progressing, but it is said that prediction and prediction are difficult at present. As if to support this, the “Tokai earthquake”, which has been pointed out for more than 30 years and is said to be safe to happen tomorrow, has not yet occurred.
On the other hand, research using an approach different from conventional seismic research is also progressing. Prediction using GPS, prediction based on observation data of atmospheric landon concentration, prediction using FM radio waves, etc. are not established as academic research, but they are remarkable research.
Even in conventional earthquake research and research from a new perspective, there are concerns about the occurrence of large earthquakes off the Pacific Ocean around Japan and inland of the Japanese archipelago. I hope it’s over.
However, if you are hit by a big tremor caused by a big earthquake, you will be stuck and you will be more likely to be unable to make a normal judgment due to the sway and anxiety. If many people act undisciplined all at once from a temporary panic, even evacuation can be difficult.
In case of emergency, evacuation means and route confirmation to the evacuation site, contact means with a distant family, procedure for calling out when there are elderly people in the neighborhood, when there is a risk of becoming a refugee returning home I think it is necessary to raise awareness of disaster prevention and countermeasures on a daily basis, such as countermeasures and measures to be taken when lifelines stop functioning.
By Admin|2016-11-24|2016,News Release|