Immediately after, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) mentioned it might start a short lived investigation into the potential for issuing an emergency advisory alert concerning a possible Nankai Trough earthquake, holding an analysis assembly amongst specialists to evaluate the state of affairs.
When a quake struck an identical space in southern Japan in August of final 12 months, an advisory concerning a doable megaquake alongside the Nankai Trough was issued for the primary time in historical past, with the discover in place for round every week.