{"id":5383,"date":"2025-08-21T05:45:36","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T05:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/megaquake-alert-would-urge-520000-people-to-evacuate\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T05:45:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T05:45:36","slug":"megaquake-alert-would-urge-520000-people-to-evacuate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/megaquake-alert-would-urge-520000-people-to-evacuate\/","title":{"rendered":"Megaquake alert would urge 520,000 people to evacuate"},"content":{"rendered":"
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More than 520,000 people in Japan would be urged to evacuate for a week if an alert is issued for a possible megaquake in the Nankai Trough off the country’s Pacific coast, a government survey showed on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The figure exceeds the total number of evacuees after the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and the subsequent Fukushima nuclear plant disaster, which came to about 470,000.<\/p>\n

As tsunami is expected to reach some areas within minutes after a Nankai Trough megaquake, the government is asking municipalities to designate areas where advance evacuation is necessary.<\/p>\n

These designated areas are divided into two types: those where all residents are required to evacuate in advance, and those affecting only residents who need more time to move, including the elderly.<\/p>\n

The survey, conducted by the Cabinet Office from June to August, covered a total of 707 municipalities in 29 prefectures that were designated areas for promoting disaster countermeasures as of May.<\/p>\n

Of them, 103 municipalities in 16 prefectures said they had designated advance evacuation areas, where more than 520,000 residents would be urged to evacuate in advance.<\/p>\n

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The total includes 245,600 residents in areas where all residents are subject to advance evacuation, and 274,800 in areas where only the elderly and some others are subject to it.<\/p>\n

By prefecture, Kochi had the most residents for advance evacuation, at 92,100, followed by Miyazaki with 79,900 and Shizuoka with 70,200.<\/p>\n

In 2019, the government introduced a system to issue two types of emergency information regarding the possible Nankai Trough megaquake: a megaquake alert, which requires advance evacuation, and a megaquake advisory, which does not.<\/p>\n

Under the system, the first megaquake advisory was issued last August, causing some confusion, such as beach closures and hotel booking cancellations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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More than 520,000 people in Japan would be urged to evacuate for a week if an alert is issued for a possible megaquake in the Nankai Trough off the country’s Pacific coast, a government survey showed on Wednesday. The figure exceeds the total number of evacuees after the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and…<\/p>\n

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