Japan lifts megaquake alert after no main seismic exercise detected

Japan lifted its first-ever Nankai Trough megaquake alert on Thursday, with no main change in seismic exercise or crustal actions detected off the coast of Miyazaki Prefecture over the previous week after a magnitude 7.1 temblor struck the area.

Authorities, nevertheless, famous that though the alert is lifted, the potential of a large-scale earthquake stays.

“It is vital for everybody to proceed securing furnishings and checking evacuation websites as a part of their common earthquake preparedness,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi instructed an everyday information convention on Thursday morning.