US Edition‘Shaking repeatedly for many days’: Life on an island suffering hundreds of little earthquakes
TOKARA ISLANDS, KAGOSHIMA PREFECTURE, JAPAN, JUL 10 – More than 2,000 felt earthquakes have triggered evacuations and ongoing fears of a megaquake along Japan's Nankai Trough, which has an 80% chance of a major quake in 30 years.
- Between late June and early July 2025, over 1,800 earthquakes shook Akusekijima and nearby Tokara Islands, prompting evacuations and school closures.
- These tremors resulted from tectonic plate movements common in Japan along the Pacific Ring of Fire, where about 90% of global earthquakes occur.
- The strongest quake on July 3 toppled furniture and made standing difficult, while officials confirmed no tsunami risk amid unstable ground conditions.
- School administrator Yoshiro Tobo remained on the island to coordinate with authorities and locals, stating optimism as earthquake intervals lengthen and shaking subsides gradually.
- Japan’s government warned of possible further strong quakes and urged skepticism toward unfounded disaster predictions linked to viral comic books causing public panic and economic impacts.
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El Universo
www.diariolibre.comMore than two thousand earthquakes have shaken a set of small islands in southwestern Japan in just over three weeks, as reported by the Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA) this Monday.
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Japan TodayQuakes persist in Japan's southwest islands, delay evacuees' return
Earthquakes continue to rattle small islands in southwestern Japan, with the number of "felt quakes" detected in the area exceeding 2,000 since June 21, the weather agency said Monday.
The school principal Yoshiro Tobo is one of the few people left on his remote Japanese island, where the earth trembles constantly by earthquakes, having decided to stay while his family is in a safer place.
What is life like on an islands where the ground is constantly shaking?
School principal Yoshiro Tobo is one of the few people left on his remote Japanese island, where the earth is constantly shaking from earthquakes, having chosen to stay behind while his family fled to safer ground.
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