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"At around 4:10 pm on 1 January 2024, a major earthquake with a magnitude of
7.6 struck the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. A tsunami warning
was immediately issued. The full extent of the damage is not yet known, but at
this stage, several people have been confirmed dead and many injured. Some
houses have collapsed, and roads and other infrastructure have been damaged.
Power and water outages are occurring.
One of the most frightening things about major earthquakes is that they are
followed by large aftershocks for several months. It is very common for a more
significant earthquake than the first one to occur later. It is also typical
for buildings and other structures that cracked during the first tremor to
collapse after a few more earthquakes. Therefore, people feel fearful at every
aftershock, which happens dozens of times a day, and are not at ease even when
sleeping.
Although I now reside in the UK, I have lived most of my life in Japan.
Fortunately, I have never faced an earthquake of the same intensity as the one
today, but I have experienced earthquakes that were large enough to crack the
walls and fences of our house. Compared to people from other countries where
earthquakes are rare, I understand the impact of earthquakes better.
Indeed, we Japanese know about its power and, therefore, have been preparing
for earthquakes. Today, I will show you some examples. I encourage people
travelling to Japan to read about them, too."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
