Lee said, "Some tourists who were planning to go to Japan for the summer vacation have canceled their trips." On the 8th of this month, at around 4:30 pm, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake occurred with its epicenter at a depth of 31 kilometers in the Hyuga Nada Sea.
The 1991 earthquake occurred. The maximum seismic intensity of 6-low was observed in Nichinan City, Miyazaki Prefecture. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning for the coasts of Miyazaki, Kochi, Oita, Kagoshima, and Ehime Prefectures. At Miyazaki Port in Miyazaki City, a 50-centimeter tsunami was predicted.
In response to this earthquake, the Japan Meteorological Agency announced on the same day that the possibility of a "Nankai Trough megathrust earthquake" occurring in the area from off the coast of Tokai to off the coast of Kyushu was relatively high.
The government has issued its first "emergency information (major earthquake warning)" to 707 municipalities in 29 prefectures from Ibaraki to Okinawa. The government is calling on people to take disaster prevention measures in accordance with information from the national and local governments.
The "emergency information" was launched in May 2019 to prepare for a major earthquake that would follow after a certain earthquake occurs in the assumed focal area of the Nankai Trough earthquake. However,
This is the first time such a call has been made, and confusion is spreading in the affected areas. The earthquake on the 8th was reported to fire stations and other organizations by people in South Korea who felt the tremors.
According to the report, the fire department in the southeastern province of Gyeongsangbuk-do received reports that the earthquake had been detected in Pohang and Gyeongju.
According to the report, a resident in his 50s who lives in a high-rise apartment building in Pohang City told News 1, "I was watching the Olympic Games live broadcast, but it felt like the TV screen was shaking side to side."
According to the JoongAng Ilbo, fire departments and other agencies in the city and in the southeastern region received 14 earthquake-related reports on the same day, but no damage has been confirmed.
South Korea has had few earthquakes and no major earthquakes, so it has long been called an "earthquake-safe zone" and has not taken as many precautions as Japan.
Therefore, if a massive earthquake of magnitude 7.0 were to occur in Seoul, some simulations have predicted that the deaths and injuries would reach more than 600,000.
However, if an earthquake were to occur, the damage and unrest among residents could be significant. On June 12th of this year, a magnitude 4.8 earthquake occurred in the southwest.
Although there were no casualties in the county and surrounding municipalities, damage to buildings amounted to more than 100 cases, including cracks in walls and broken windows.
"This shows that the Korean Peninsula is no longer an 'earthquake safe zone,'" he said. "Academic circles believe there is a risk of a magnitude 7 earthquake occurring on the Korean Peninsula."
According to the group, the Korean Peninsula has become about 3 centimeters wider than before due to the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, which caused the eastern side of the peninsula to be pulled toward Japan, weakening the ground and causing earthquakes to occur more frequently recently than in the past.
The announcement of this "breaking news" was also reported in South Korea. With the summer vacation approaching, some people who had planned to travel to Japan are reportedly cancelling their plans.
According to reports, there are posts online regarding trips to Japan such as "I paid the fee to cancel" and "I'm worried and concerned."
Recently, the number of Korean tourists visiting Japan has been increasing. According to statistics from the Korea Tourism Organization, of the approximately 2.22 million Koreans who traveled abroad in June, 100% were Japanese.
The number of people who visited was about 700,000 (31.5%). There are concerns about the impact of the announcement of "temporary information" in the future, but according to Edaily, Cho Ilsa of Hana Tour, a major Korean travel agency,
In an interview with the media, Ng, head of the PR team, said, "We have not yet received many inquiries about cancellations or changes from Japanese travel bookers. There have been no airport closures or event cancellations, and travelers are traveling normally.
"We are currently working on this," he said.
2024/08/14 12:06 KST
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