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Φoβοι για «με&gamma ;αεισσηνΙωνΙαωσε ο αξδοοωυργσ /></p> <p><strong>Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced today that he has canceled a planned trip to central Asia after seismologists warned that Japan should prepare for a possible “mega-earthquake”.</strong></p> <p>It is the first time that one such warning, after a new warning system was put in place following the devastating 2011 earthquake that triggered a deadly tsunami and destroyed a nuclear power plant.</p> <p>“As prime minister I have the ultimate responsibility for crisis management and I have decided to stay in Japan for at least one week,” Kishida told reporters.</p> <p>The head of the Japanese government was to travel to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Mongolia and planned to participate in a summit with the participation of five countries in the region.</p> <p>“The probability of a new strong earthquake occurring is higher than ’ than under normal conditions, but this does not mean that an earthquake will definitely occur,” the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) announced, issuing its warning yesterday, Thursday, after a 7.1-magnitude tremor that caused the injuring eight people in southern Japan, but with no significant damage.</p> <p>According to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency, many of the eight were injured by falling objects.</p> <p>Japan is located at the crossroads of tectonic plates along the Pacific 'belt of fire' and is one of the most seismically active countries in the world.</p> <p>The archipelago, home to around 125 million people, is experiencing 1,500 earthquakes per year, most of them sick.</p> <p>Even the strongest earthquakes generally cause little damage, largely thanks to the implementation of strict earthquake-proof building regulations and public awareness of protection measures.</p> <p>The Japanese government has announced that there is a 70% chance that a mega-earthquake will hit the country within the next 30 years.</p> <p>Such a tremor could strike a significant part of Japan's Pacific coast and threaten approx. 300,000 people, according to experts.</p> <p>Japan's most powerful earthquake ever recorded was a magnitude 9 earthquake off its northeastern coast on March 11, 2011, which triggered a tsunami that 18,500 people died or disappeared.</p> <p>source: alphanews</p> <p><noindex></p> <div class=Source: 24h.com.cy

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