Japan’s Earthquake News : Know details in BIRDVIEW 

Japan’s Earthquake news prediction flash in A comic book Manga, it predicts disaster a mega earthquake and date is July 5th. This might sound like a plot for disaster movie,but people are taking seriously.

Japan’s Earthquake : latest updates

• Riot satsuki, also known as New Baba vanga of Japan has predicted a disaster will strike Japan on 5th of july .
• A mega earthquake in the Nankai Tro which is just off the pecific coast .
• The prediction appears in her 2021 manga, The future I saw.
• She claims that her prediction are based on her dreams, dreams that show her a future. And her track record are,

1. In 1999, she warned of a major disaster in March 2011, 12 years later it happened the devastating Tohoku earthquake, a magnitude 9 quake triggered a tsunami and killed 18,000 people and Fukushima nuclear meltdown.
2. COVID 19 pandemic and she also says that deadliest form of COVID will hit the world in 2030.
3. She now claims that the crack will open beneath the sea between Japan and Philippines. A tsunami will follow, waves 3 times bigger than those in 2011.

• The fear now spreading on social media leading to cancelling of travel trips .
• According to Bloomberg intelligence data, flights and hotel booking ls from Hong Kong, in early July have fallen by nearly 50% .
• Travel bookings from china, Thailand and Vietnam have dropped by around 83 %.
• The fear started as fiction, but now it’s hurting Japan’s economic.
• Now the fear of a big one is emptying flights and hotels.
• Japanese authorities have addressed the issue and called it a rumour and said there is no reason to worry as Japanese people are not fleeing abroad.

Location of Japan : Key factor in Japan’s Earthquake history

• Japan is located at the convergence of four major tectonic plates, making it one of the most seismically active regions in the world. These plates are:

1. Pacific Plate – moving westward, subducting beneath Japan.
2. Philippine Sea Plate – also moving northwest and subducting under Japan.
3. Eurasian Plate (also known as the Amur Plate in East Asia) – located to the west of Japan.
4. North American Plate – includes parts of northern Japan (like Hokkaido).

Key Plate Interactions liable for Japan’s Earthquake:

• Subduction Zones: The Pacific Plate and Philippine Sea Plate are both oceanic plates that are subducting beneath the continental plates (Eurasian and North American).
• Trenches: Japan Trench (Pacific Plate subducting under the North American Plate).
• Nankai Trough (Philippine Sea Plate subducting under the Eurasian Plate

These Subdaction zones cause:

1. Frequent earthquakes
2. Volcanic activity
3. Mountain formation

• Japan’s complex plate boundaries explain its earthquake-prone nature and presence of over 100 active volcanoes.

How earthquake occurs? Like Japan’s Earthquake…

Japan is one of the world’s most earthquake-prone countries due to its location at the convergence of four tectonic plates: the Pacific Plate, Philippine Sea Plate, Eurasian Plate, and North American Plate. Here’s how the earthquake process works, using Japan as a real-world case:

A. Plate Tectonic Movement

• The Pacific Plate and Philippine Sea Plate are slowly moving towards and under the Eurasian and North American Plates.
• This is called subduction – one plate sliding beneath another.

B. Stress Build-Up

• As the plates push against each other, immense pressure and stress accumulate along fault lines (e.g., the Nankai Trough or Japan Trench).
• The rocks along these faults bend, storing elastic energy.

 

C. Sudden Release (Earthquake)

• When the stress exceeds the strength of rocks, it breaks suddenly, releasing energy in the form of seismic waves.
• This causes the ground to shake – what we feel as an earthquake.

D. Epicenter and Magnitude

• The epicenter is the point on Earth’s surface above the earthquake’s origin (focus).
• Japan has had massive quakes, like the 2011 Tōhoku Earthquake (Magnitude 9.1), which triggered a deadly tsunami.

E. Aftershocks and Tsunamis

• Submarine earthquakes, especially near trenches, can displace water and cause tsunamis, as in 2011.

What are mega earthquake ?

• Mega earthquake are generally defined as an Earthquake of magnitude of 8.5 or higher.
• The mega earthquake mainly depends upon the geological conditions of the area and also on the historical recurrence interval.
• Mega earthquake are rare but globally they occur roughly one every 10 to 20 years.
• If that happens  this Japan’s Earthquake can affect 300,000 people in Japan could die due to earthquake and tsunami as High as 34 meters and that’s like a 10 story building coming at you, And $1.81 trillion economic losses.
• Nankai tro it’s a 900 km long trench under the pecific ocean and that’s where the Philippines sea plate is Sliding under the eurasian plate ; that constanta the pressure means the Nankai tro is sismically highly active and its known from producing mega earthquake roughly once early 100 to 150 years.
• A massive quake at this subdaction zone is known as a mega thrust earthquake and it can result in to the tsunami .
• Japan is one of the most earthquake prone places on the world and its sees about an 80 per chance of magnitude 8 or 9 along this zone .
• Cities like Osaka, kyoto and Hiroshima could be in the tsunami’s path and more than 1.23 million people may need to evacuate that roughly 1 per of Japan’s population.

What is pecific ring of fire? and Japan’s earthquake relation with it…

• The Pacific Ring of Fire is a horseshoe-shaped zone around the edges of the Pacific Ocean known for frequent earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and tectonic activity.
• It stretches through countries like Japan, Indonesia, the Philippines, New Zealand, the west coasts of North and South America, and others.
• It contains about 75% of the world’s active volcanoes and experiences about 90% of the world’s earthquakes.
• Japan is on this Pecific ring of fire which make it prone to earthquakes.

History of Japan’s deadliest earthquakes

1. 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake of magnitude 7.9  which Destroyed Tokyo & Yokohama; ~140,000 deaths
2. 1948 Fukui Earthquake of magnitude 6.8 ;~3,800 deaths
3. 1995 Great Hanshin (Kobe) Earthquake of magnitude 6.9 led to~6,400 deaths
4. 2003 Tokachi-Oki Earthquake of magnitude 8.3 at Offshore Hokkaido; tsunami damage
5. 2004 Chuetsu Earthquake of magnitude 6.6 at Niigata Prefecture
6. 2008 Iwate–Miyagi Nairiku Earthquake of magnitude 6.9 at Inland northern Honshu
7. 2011 Great East Japan (Tohoku) Earthquake of magnitude 9.1 created Massive tsunami; ~20,000 deaths
8. 2016 Kumamoto Earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 (main shock) Series of quakes in Kyushu
9. 2018 Hokkaido Eastern Iburi Earthquake of magnitude 6.6 Landslides; ~40 deaths
10. 2021 Fukushima Offshore Earthquake 7.3 Aftershock of 2011 Tohoku quake
11. 2022 Fukushima Offshore Earthquake of magnitude 7.4 Caused power outages and injuries
12. 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake (Ishikawa) 7.5 New Year’s Day; major damage in Ishikawa

Japan has its own history of earthquakes and tsunami and hence it heavily invested in its safe building practices and also in human education which make it perfect for survival.