January 17th 2025 marked the 30 year anniversary of the Hanshin Awaji, Great Hanshin or Kobe Earthquake, which took the lives of 6,434 people and injured 43,792.
Also, the Japanese government's Earthquake Research Committee has increased its assessed probability of an earthquake with a magnitude of 8 to 9 occurring along the Nankai Trough off the country's Pacific coast within the next 30 years to some 80 pct from 70-80 pct, officials said. When a 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Monday, the panel at the time concluded that Monday's earthquake was not a phenomenon that could be considered to have relatively increased the possibility of a Nankai Trough earthquake occurring compared with normal times.
Episode notes: ‘Japan Raises Nankai Trough Megaquake Probability to Some 80 Percent’:
https://barrierfreejapan.com/2025/01/18/japan-raises-nankai-trough-megaquake-probability-to-some-80-percent/
