Nankai’s failure is the geographical point the tectonic plates of the sea of the Philippines and Europe meet. The accumulated tensions inevitably culminate in megassism once every 100 or 150 years
A month ago the Earth trembled in Seixal and Lisbon remembered the foreshadowing that “”. The Portuguese capital is not, however, if it is unique with regard to living in an anxiety in the face of the imminence of an overwhelming shake. In Japan, this fear is even higher and could lead the Japanese economy to retreat $ 1.81 billion (approximately 1.68 billion euros).
The ancient Rising Sun Empire has long awaited the strength of megassism, due to predictions that warn of a great intensity earthquake on the Pacific Ocean coast. The unprecedented earthquake will follow devastating tsunamis, the collapse of hundreds of buildings, and throughout the process, it is estimated that 300,000 people die.
Although it seems like an epiphany between samurai to this day, this is actually the conclusion of a report by the Japanese government published Monday, according to the agency.
The forecast foresees an economic impact on the order of 270.3 billion of yen or, in other words, almost half of Japan’s gross domestic product, which represents almost 10 times all Portuguese GDP.
The last estimate was set at 214.2 billion yen, but has now been reviewed on the rise taking into account the current inflationary pressures and updated soil data, in which the flood areas previously already foreseen were expanded.
But why is it expected to have a megassism? The answer is in, a seismic area of the Pacific Ocean Marine Fund and where the Japanese government foresees a 80% probability of occurring a magnitude earthquake between 8 and 9 on the Richter scale.
By itself, Japan is already one of the countries where there is most likely to experience an earthquake, but this is the worst scenario. And to confirm, about 1.23 million people will have to be removed, or 1% of the Japanese population.
The worst scenario 2.0 would be if Nankai’s failure is trembled vehemently during a winter night, in which case the report estimates that 298,000 people will die due to subsequent tsunamis and buildings of buildings.
Nankai’s failure is located on the southwest coast of Japan and is extending approximately 900 kilometers in the Pacific Ocean, where the Philippine Sea Tectonic plate finds the European plate. At this geographical point the accumulated tensions inevitably culminate in megassism once every 100 or 150 years.
In August 2024, Japan issued the first alert about megassisms. At the time, he informed the population that there was a “relatively higher chance” of a magnitude 9 earthquake on Nankai failure after a 7.1 Richter scale was recorded in one of the edges of the marine slit.
On March 11, 2011, an earthquake of magnitude 9.1 reached Northeast Japan and triggered a tsunami that caused the nuclear disaster in Fukushima Center, leading to the collapse of three reactors. 15 thousand more people died.
