Japan sees higher-than-usual risk of megaquake off Pacific Coast

OK....so keep Mother in Law in sea side home and wife and I stay on the mansion on the hill.

"To avoid unnecessary confusion, please absolutely refrain from spreading so-called false information" through social media.

The above is a sad reminder of how social media have been used by some ugly people to spread disinformation. Though the Kanto Massacre shows that ugly people did not always need X, and other platforms run by ugly, dissent spreading billionaires to spread lies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantō_Massacre

The last earthquake in Noto, many residents become disappointing with after math of that event, now there's another megaquake?

https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15216256

The above is a sad reminder of how social media have been used by some ugly people

Scum keep posting misinformation while morons then believe it blindly.

It would be a boon if earthquakes could be predicted but unfortunately I have yet to see evidence.

One thing is certain and that is the likelihood of strong quakes in Japan is an eventuality that we can to some extent prepare for.

Nankai Earthquake, Fearful.

""OK....so keep Mother in Law in sea side home and wife and I stay on the mansion on the hill.""

Hilarious , In my case I would keep both and move inland, lol

OK....so keep Mother in Law in sea side home and wife and I stay on the mansion on the hill.""

Hilarious , In my case I would keep both and move inland, lol

An In-law suite resort by the sea, it’ll be like a gated community

Lots of people out buying water and supplies this morning. It makes a lot of sense to have at least 7 days food and water stored in your house if you can. And a mini gas stove to cook rice, etc.

Friends and family in Kyushu are worried sick of this, taking extra precautions for the following weeks.

If and when the Nankai area happens it will affect a large area of the country. it could also set off other megaquakes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nankai_megathrust_earthquakes#/media/File:RuptureAreasNankaiMegathrust_2013.png

Mother nature always win, but we can at least try to be prepared for any eventuality.

I popped in to liquor mountain to get some beers for the weekend and it was bedlam at the water area.

People buy ing 5 or 6 cases. Guess cup noodles and toilet paper will be the same. Slightly freaky.

Be alert Japan, prepare and be careful..

Yeah, thanks heaps Tokyoliving....

"Be alert...and be careful "

Mate, I'm nervous enough already !

I'm on meds and everything

Dont NEED any more stuff to worry about !

I admire those who have prepped.

I just try to remind myself where I've put my trousers before I sleep. It's a start.

There's a run on bog roll

The Japan Meteorological Agency just announced that while the caution is in place, they will hold a press conference early evening every day to explain the situation.

I remember massive run on water in WESTERN Japan right after the Tohoku Earthquake in 2011.

Costco had to put up signs limiting only two cases of water (each with 24 bottles) per customer.

Can't say there was much solidarity with their Tohoku/Kanto counterparts since people seemed to be buying up any surplus of bottled water that could've been sent up north.

Not exactly an article I want to read a week before visiting Japan.

This is good news, everyone should be prepared.

Plus,the panic means I can get a tent pitch in Miyazaki this weekend.

Cheers!

The Nankai trough covers a much wider area than more common expressions referring to the "Nankai area" (chiho). The trough extends from Shizuoka to south Kyushu. When people talk about the Nankai area, they mean only part of that, basically Mie to Shikoku.

The Meteorological Agency just had their first daily press conference. They said they currently aren't observing any out of the ordinary crustal movement.

Earthquakes happen in Japan and have been happening for thousadns of years. Stating a megaquake is coming Is a bit of a given. The likelyhood is no more today than it was 10 years ago, 100 years ago or 1,000 years ago. None of the previous 'megaquakes' in Japan have been predicted so why should anyone believe the next one will be. Being prepared for the inevitable is a good thing though.

"Megaquakes". Really? Way to go to scare people, at the same time as reporting on the need to refrain from spreading false information on social media.

Hopefully no biggun over the next few days, it’s a long weekend and we have lots of things planned.

None of the previous 'megaquakes' in Japan have been predicted so why should anyone believe the next one will be.

You just had a major earthquake immediately adjacent to the Nankai Trough. That quake statistically, based on past experience with quakes around the world, greatly increases the odds of another larger quake happening on that fault system. I have lived though such a sequence and not that long ago. Please take the warning seriously.