Japan-Earthquake Danger-Fault Lines!

 Video Published on Apr 18, 2016

Japan drone footage showing landslides and seismic faults after powerful quakes -- 

     

Drone  footage  showing  the  impact  of  a  large  landslide  and  deep  cracks  around  seismic  fault  lines  after  powerful  earthquakes  hit  Kyushu Island in Japan.

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"They should prepare disaster countermeasures, led by local governments.” 

Nobuo Fukuwa, director of Nagoya University’s Disaster Mitigation Research Center, said: “Areas that have not been hit by quakes recently should change their mind-set and [assume] that the time for a quake is approaching. They should prepare disaster countermeasures, led by local governments.” 

Linked  series  of  quakes  could  strike  anywhere 

An earthquake may occur in the future in a fault zone that has not even been found yet.

A new fault zone was found when the Iwate-Miyagi Inland Earthquake hit the Tohoku region in 2008. It had a magnitude of 7.2 and registered upper 6 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7.

Earthquakes frequently occur in Japan because the country is located on four plates — out of a dozen or so that cover the surface of the Earth — that overlap each other.

Also, a sea plate is submerging beneath a land plate, causing tension to build up.

This is a major factor that causes active faults to move.

Contributing sources

Linked series of quakes could strike anywhere - The Japan News:

http://the-japan-news.com

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